Near sundown, a WP engine facility employee has a red scarf hooked around the M3 horn of BN C425 No. 4264 so he doesn't fall off as he sands the big Alco. WP's facility could be a very busy place ... (more)

On a chilly winter's night, Santa Fe EMDs receive thousands of gallons of diesel fuel at the railroad's LMIT at Barstow Yard. All the running gear will be inspected here, and worn-out brake shoes ... (more)

The Last One? I spotted the 8510, built in 1948 for the CB&Q, in Hialeah apparently getting some wheel or truck work. Heritage Diners haven't run in service in many months, and this may have been ... (more)

NS 8115 & 8075 were pulling an empty hopper train of KGLX aluminum hoppers for synthetic gypsum from USG Washingtonville Plant. A 3 car derailment occurred seventeen cars from the rear end. The de... (more)

The 515 is holding down switcher duty in Hialeah. This is the running maintenance base for most of the single level long distance fleet.

I'm guessing at the year but it was early 70's when MILW 755 tangled with a load of steel and lost it's cab. Here it sits next to a tender from MILW S2 213 at Round House#1.I can't remember where ... (more)

A former-CBQ GP30 gets work done in the engine shop in Galesburg, IL. Photo taken on Railroad Days VIP yard tour.

A tour of the USSC shops where hard working shop crews stay busy.

A recently rebuilt Union Pacific SD40N No. 1783 rides the transfer table at the railroad’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. The former EMD SD40-2 has gone thr... (more)

A tedious and thankless job that goes with every good paint job is all the work spent prepping and masking before applying paint. Here, several painters mask a portion of Union Pacific SD70ACe No.... (more)

Union Pacific No. 4141 (George Bush 41) was in the paint shop at UP’s North Little Rock’s Jenks Shop for some touch up work after installation of a new plow. At this point, the specially-painted E... (more)

The first unit of 5 specially decorated units for Roy Hill Australia undergoes validation testing with CP AC4400CWM 8139 on the GE test track at Justin, TX. These units are adorned in a special pi... (more)

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railroad, NC Operation Lifesaver, and NCDOT BeRailSafe and several other state agencies attended and witnessed a staged railroad crossi... (more)

A bad order traction motor is in the process of being changed out on Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6300 at the railroad’s locomotive shop in South Morrill, Nebraska, on September 14, 2017. Using a... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4609 gets “sandblasted” and cleaned during prepping for a new paint job in the paint shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015.