As Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 slowly makes its way toward the Metrolink mainline at the northern end of the Fairplex (location of the Los Angeles County Fair), a process that will take many days... (more)

Style and class will shine through even though the outfit is a little tattered.

UP 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy articulated locomotive, resting on temporary panel track at the LA County Fairplex in Pomona, CA. UP 4014 is seen beginning it's 1200 mile trek back to Cheyenne, WY for ... (more)

Debuting two months after the completion of sister unit AIKR 4202, Aiken Railway's second, and last unit AIKR 4201 has been completed as well. AIKR 4201 will still spend a couple more weeks testin... (more)

Amtrak train 686 rolls out of Portland with a friendly wave from the engineer.

Guilford ownership is in the wind but still 6 months away as a nice set of B&M units sits in the small yard at Rotterdam with an EB off Conrail. This train came out of Conrail's Selkirk Yard. Due ... (more)

MILW "Little Joe" E-73 pilots a quartet of westbound MILW EMD GP40s up the 2% grade of Pipestone Pass with the Tobacco Root Mountains in the background.

I was never able to see these operate but I did catch one sunning itself outside the E&LS shop complex while there on business. The two Baldwin RF-16 Sharks are still there from what I understand.... (more)

Named for "The American Railfan," Rock Island 4310 basks in the evening sunlight at Silvis.

Closeup of southbound at Housels Run Road , with the NSHRs lastest addition to their engine fleet NSHR 2017 , leads the way with cars for Northumberland Yard.

During one of the best NRHS conventions ever the grand engine rolls WB on a runby. I was lucky to find a high spot. It was in a pulpwood yard as I recall.

New England Central's White River Junction, Vermont-based #601 local is seen pulling the nightly cut of cars from the Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad interchange at Bellows Falls sho... (more)

The Savannah & Atlanta 2715 GP35 looks great in a fresh coat of paint as it rests peacefully at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah.

Santa Fe CF7 2601 smacked into something a little hard, as it had extensive front end damage when found on February 7th, 1985, in San Bernardino, California. This damage would prove to be fatal, ... (more)