Milwaukee SD40-2s 176 and 194 look bright and fresh as they slam a freight over the diamonds at CNW's Deval tower at Des Plaines, Illinois. The train is playing tag with threatening weather as it ... (more)

A Conrail work train passes through Hillside. Note the Conrail lettering on the American crane. Not much equipment remaining with Conrail reporting marks.

Two Union Pacific employees inspect the track that caused a minor derailment in the Roseville Yard. Behind them, an overturned hopper car continues to drain "plastic sand" creating those... (more)

Ex QR National Railway, 2111D, being craned off the “Clipper Amber” at Maydon Wharf in Durban. 2111D formed part of a consignment of locomotives that arrived in South Africa in June 2012 from... (more)

A deep freeze has settled into the Mahanoy Valley as a Tamaqua Extra crew has completed switching empty hopper cars at Mahanoy City Yard. The steam from the Gilberton Power Company co-generation f... (more)

The Shannopin mine railroad: A trip to photograph the Monongahela Railway yielded a day with the usually-busy Waynesburg Southern side of the MGA dead due to scheduled track work. The only activi... (more)

Norfolk Southern GP33ECO number 4700 poses outside the paint shop at Altoona's Juniata Shop for a portrait on a cold snowy evening. 4700 will be assigned to the Chicago area. Photo by Casey Thom... (more)

Brand new ACS-64 #625 takes a small break in New York Penn Station while the next crew prepares it for the last section of it's shakedown run, NYP-WAS. 625 had problems at the beginning of it's ru... (more)

A more than impressive shelf cloud precludes normal switching activities as a severe thunderstorm rolls into Kansas City. There was at least a 60 MPH wind gust associated with this a few minutes ... (more)

The NS Erie Heritage Locomotive is leading BNSF Train U CXYELU0 24T, tied down at Maxwell Siding on the BNSF Brookfield Sub., as it has been for 9, yes, 9 days.

This is the cab of the 2005, leading KCT Train 505. Not much has changed in here since it was a Santa Fe unit. It is still turbocharged, and still has the siren type alerter installed. This uni... (more)

Switchers and the at the time OOS 3931 sit in the house at KCT Mill Street Yard. Nine days away from this place to get married and go on a honeymoon. I almost forgot how to start the units.

Having never seen 2/3 of the locomotives in this building before today, it was a truly magnificent experience, and the facilities and people here are top notch. They aren't arrogant by any stretc... (more)

NKP 190, an ALCO PA-1 was built during March 1948 for the NYC&STL, better known as the Nickel Plate Road. Doyle McCormack's dad worked for this railroad, and this locomotive was the first diesel D... (more)

A pair of Rick Franklin Corporation B23-7's power an Albany and Eastern Railroad job at Portland & Western's Yard, as a job from the home road switches off to the right with a SD7R for power. Wor... (more)