A worker at Chicago & North Western’s Butler Yard locomotive facility uses a high pressure air line to clear the switches of snow on a cold February 21, 1993.

Some of Great Walton's power rests at the shop in Social Circle.

Local power rests at Social Circle, GA, with the Georgia Railroad coaling tower straddling the main in the background.

CMQ SD40-2F 9020 rests at the shops with a pair of spreaders

The former Bessemer and Lake Erie SD9 rests at the original Hartwell Railroad's facility at Airline, GA. A long string of storage cars lies between here and the outside world.

The rail unload train rests in the storage track overnight

Hartwell's former NS GP-38-2 passes the Memorial Day weekend just outside of the yard in Toccoa.

Fresh out of the The Wisconsin and Southern’s Paint Facility in Horicon, Wisconsin, on September 17, 1995, is the first Wisconsin Central EMD F45 to be repainted, No. 6650. WC bought six F45s an... (more)

We're getting a opportunity to get a closer look, and a roster shot of premier locomotives that was recently rebuilt. The SD70ACC were rebuilt from the SD70 series that was purchase by Norfolk So... (more)

In 1990, Burlington Northern converted EMD SD40-2 No. 7890 to burn natural gas fuel as an experiment to lower fuel costs and get cleaner exhaust emissions. The rebuild included SD45-like flared ra... (more)

New CN ET44AC 3277 and older ES44AC 3872 idle on the shops in Jasper.

Waiting for a New Life: About 36 hours prior, the crew of the NS H02 (Dover, NJ) tied their train down for the last time with NS 5303 and 5304. Here it lies in wait early on a Sunday mornin... (more)

CN ES44AC 2939 idles in the yard at Blue River.

Weathered warriors
Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 No. 3097 and Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 105 rest at Grand Junction, Colorado, on June 25, 2002. Both are weathered, worn, dirty, and have ... (more)

Locomotives idle around the Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s locomotive facility at Alliance, Nebraska, near sunset on July 21, 2003.