Jake Linderman, second trick operator on the second floor of East Hump tower, talks to a switch crew on the radio at Union Pacific’s big yard at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011.
Railroad zip tiesUsed to keep the air hoses together during transit, heavy-duty zip ties litter the tracks over the hump where cars are separated while being classified at East Hump, in... (more)
The GLLX 4428 gets a new Generator. The former GTW 4428, Originally the GTW 1752 is getting a new life working between Hartford and Lawrence, Michigan. Biult in 1954 this old girl will still earn ... (more)
The Pride of Altoona PRR 4913, a WWII-era electric soaks up the August sun at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum.
An Evansville & Western coal train is seen tied down just west of McLeansboro with EVWR 4511 & 6001.
Freight Geep. CSX GP40-2 no. 4423 (EMD, 1972-1986) is seen laid up at the New York, Susquehanna & Western engine facility in Ridgefield Park, NJ. GP40 locomotives are very common in the... (more)
The legendary GTW 5936 undergoes scheduled maintenance in the former "J" Roundhouse at Kirk Yard. The 5936 is the Last Blue and Orange GTW Six Axel unit in original paint. I say Original referenci... (more)
Evansville & Western Mt Vernon yard job swings around the corner next to the railroads headquarters along the Ohio River as they make a run for Southwind on the southwest side of town.
Southern up North. Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) GP38-2 no. 5212 (née Southern Railway 5212, EMD, 1977) is seen in the late afternoon sun at the New York, Susquehanna & Western engine ... (more)
One of the many sideshows at the "NS Family Portrait" event of 2012 was seeing two original Norfolk Southern paint schemes side by side.
The Mt Vernon yard job crosses the former L&N main line to St Louis with a cut of tank cars for the connection track.
RRC 1001, 11, 5838, SQS 5690 & GMTX 1500 as seen rusting away at Liberty Mine outside Boonville, IN. There is a shot of the 1500 moving some tank cars to the NS in May 2020, but outside a storage ... (more)
Special test train. with band new Locomotive from China. CSR SDA4
A surviving SBD item of L&N heritage. It has recently moved to the collection in Oak Ridge, TN which also is home to an ex-L&N GP30 in SBD paint.
Attention Grabber. At the end of the day on Monday, August 27, 2018, Batten Kill Railroad's BKRR 4116 (née-DH 4116, RS3, Alco, 9/1952) has completed the run down to Eagle Bridge, New York ... (more)
