Nearing the end of its run across the Pocahontas Division at Bluefield, NS train 956 crosses the Bluestone River near Nemours, WV. Norfolk and Western Y6a #2156 is in tow, bound for display at th... (more)

During a brief unveiling at Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, first responders from the Logan Township United Fire Department, the City of Altoona Fire Department, the Logan Township Police, ... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD60E number 9-1-1 poses with a restored 1948 Mack L-85 near the main entrance to Altoona's Juniata Shop. The SD60E was recently rebuilt and painted here, and the Mack is a veter... (more)

The newest addition to Norfolk Southern's locomotive fleet is SD60E number 911, painted in a special honorary scheme. Engine number 9-1-1 honors our country's hard working and dedicated first res... (more)

Norfolk Southern RP-M4C #648 and GP33ECO #4717 are paired up as a mother/slug combo outside the Test Shed at Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, being prepared for service. The set will be ass... (more)

Another export this one for South Africa Model: ES40ACi Horsepower: 4,200 Build Date: April 2015 Weight: 291,010 LB

SOO 4438 and SOO 4416 are assigned to local duty near the St. Paul Pig's Eye yard. Today, the crew is assembling a line of tanker cars from a nearby oil refinery. The conductor is tying SOO 4438 t... (more)

Union Pacific SD70ACe no. 8551 leads two SD70M's around the sweeping curve just east of Milliken, Colo., at a location called Dent with the Fort Collins Local. The train will slow for the wye up a... (more)

My wife Katie holds our 6-month old Beagle Riley, as they watch Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climb the two-percent grade toward Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on April 22, 2006. W... (more)

Stressfull? Hardly... After a cold winter, cutting rail the steel will expand (pull); now with the mild temperatures we destress the track (contract). With no hydraulic pullers available, we make ... (more)

Brand new ACS-64 AMTK 643, sits on display in the roundhouse area of the California State Railroad Museum

Ex-Seaboard MP15T 1212 has pulled up to the clearance point where it and CSX SD40-2 8462 wait for a six-engine set of power to clear up in the engine tracks. The SD40-2 has a storied history, as i... (more)

Electrician Ben Hampson rewires the control stand of former Wisconsin Central No. 3025. The GP40 was acquired by MRL when CEECO (Coast Engine and Equipment Co.) closed in 2009. It sat indoors in L... (more)

A quad brace of UP's ubiquitous SD40-2s dynamically brake a train sliding off the grade from Sherman Hill into Cheyenne. This crew is almost done for the day.

The iconic Union Pacific shield and green marker lights greet you when looking into the face of a UP Big Boy. This behemoth steam engine measures 132 feet in length, weighs 1,250,000 lbs and puts... (more)