Dual-Powered Dual-Mode Testing. Deliveries of Bombardier ALP45-DPs to NJ Transit were still underway when NJTR 4501 was paired up with PL42AC 4009 (ALSTOM) to lead 4 semi-retired Comet IIIs... (more)

The Tier 4 Conversion. Tying down for the night in the Norfolk Southern Corp Coach Yard in Roanoke, Virginia after testing for the day, the train of KLWX 9530 (KLWX 4400 ACT4, ex-BNSF 9530,... (more)

The New Bridge With The "New" Steam Engine. The Reading And Northern Railroad is a consolidation of parts of several other railroads into a modern system. In February of 2020, the Reading ... (more)

Hometown Hero At Hometown Trestle. With its restoration essentially complete and a few smaller test runs under its belt, the Reading & Northern Railroad decided put RBMN T-1 2102 (4-8-4) to... (more)

Wisconsin & Calumet F7As 901 and 106, both in the railroad’s attractive Illinois Central inspired livery, lead a test train out of Janesville, Wisconsin on February 6th, 1989. Original Slide. Da... (more)

New Kids. Siemens Amtrak/Amtrak Midwest IDTX 4629 (Siemens SC-44) rests in the yard in Chicago, Illinois on the afternoon of Sunday, December 27, 2020. Behind it sits a 10 car train of the... (more)

Charging into the future. Amtrak/Amtrak California has taken delivery of new Siemens Venture coaches for testing. The semi-permanently coupled five car set represents the future of train travel fo... (more)

Budd-built track evaluation RDC 1501 sprints along the CN Missabe Sub while inspecting tracks. Apparently it's all thumbs up.

Stainless Steel Returns to Glendora. SCAX 909 leads a Metrolink test train along the joined rails of the old, ex-ATSF Pasadena Subdivision as it approaches the now famous canteliver signal ... (more)

Canadian National Budd Car 1501 is captured testing the Newport Subdivision as it enters Sutton on a warm and muggy afternoon.

Amtrak Cascades F59PHI 457 brings up the rear of a eastbound test train at Franklin Park.

Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI 457 brings up the rear of a westbound test train at Franklin Park.

SCAX 910, a new EMD F125, leads a test train consisting of 12 cars and another F125 on the rear (SCAX 911) east past CP White as it prepares to stop and wait for a westbound Metrolink before rever... (more)

SCAX 910, a new EMD F125, leads a test train consisting of 12 cars and another F125 on the rear (SCAX 911) east past CP White as it prepares to stop and wait for a westbound Metrolink before rever... (more)

Old and New. SCAX 883, an F59PHI built by EMD in 1995 meets its new counterpart and ultimately replacement, SCAX 910, an EMD F125 testing on the San Bernardino Line. Once the tier 4-complia... (more)