Lackawanna Heritage

A special visitor at the 2013 URHS Open House came in the form of NS 1074, the Lackawanna heritage unit. While the weather wasn't ideal for night photograph... (more)

Framed by the firebox door opening, a crew member of Union Pacific’s steam shop is grinding in the firebox of 4-8-4 No. 844. On this date of March 25, 2013, the famous locomotive was getting som... (more)

Big Red Machines

The Morristown & Erie's two ALCO C424's are seen resting at the Morristown Shops after a busy week on the M&E. Normally closed after dark, the shops remained o... (more)

Identity Crisis

Resting outside the Morristown & Erie's shops is ME 23, an ex BAR GP7u which is in the process of being primed and readied for a fresh coat of red paint.
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Burlington Northern snowplow No. 972506 sits in repose next to a BN MofW 40-foot boxcar in the BNSF’s snow-covered yard at Essex, Montana, on February 28, 1997. Essex definitely got a lot of sno... (more)

I found it amazing how fast a paint shop worker (carman by trade) could “stripe” a locomotive in the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Here,... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 gets lettered, striped and “Scotchlited” inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Skilled workers like ... (more)

Union Pacific SD70M No. 4609 sits in the sandblasting bay in the paint shop at North Little Rock’s Downing B. Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.

On a beautiful summer afternoon in Erwin, Tennessee, two Generations of GE locomotives await assignment at the former Clinchfield Diesel Shop. CSXT 3251 is a new GE ET44AH, and meets all of the T... (more)

Preserved CN 6213 rests on the turntable at the John Street roundhouse.

A slew of mostly EMD power rests at the Tilford Yard shops on the northwest side of Atlanta. This bridge is a great vantage point, offering a nearly constant breeze and a great view of Atlanta's M... (more)

Inside the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015, two workers (along with two more on the other side) thoroughly rinse EMD SD70M No. 4609 after... (more)

A view inside the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Durango roundhouse on October 15, 2014, sees several locomotives in different states of repair. On the right is 2-8-2 Mikado K-28 No... (more)

Prior to their current orange & maroon colors the South Shore freight motors wore this blue & yellow paint scheme.

Brand new SD70ACe sits in the yard awaiting its next tour of duty.