NS/LV ES44AC 8104 makes it's Debut out of the Juniata paint shop, for Invited guests only.. Photo taken with permission, and all proper safety gear worn..

Tight quarters, eagle eyes, steady hands. In Stall 2 of the WW&F Museum Shops, volunteer Stewart Rhine carefully applies the primer coat to one side of the museum's brand new Turner Center ... (more)

Spare Power. Simmering on the passing track just below Marshfield Station, we find the day's spare power. Built in 1874 by the Manchester Locomotive Works, MWRC #6 "Kancamagus" is the olde... (more)

More archives digging today: In 1992, one of many visits to the GE Transportation System's facility in Erie, PA, resulted in being shown (and having posed) the GE Coal Fueled C39-8CF, 609. The uni... (more)

In the 1880s the CB&Q constructed a line form Midland, NE to Cheyenne, WY through the prairies of northeastern Colorado. While the land was advertised as somewhat of an agricultural paradise, the ... (more)

George's Creek 25, dressed in Western Maryland speed lettering fresh out of the paint shop on her debut day back in 2008.

A nighttime stroll through Tehachapi finds this little gem near the depot museum.

This former Port of Wilmington tonner is admired by several people while on display on the Wilmington Riverfront. In late 2011 the locomotive was given a makeover after being a canvas for the loca... (more)

After 2 years of being painted in a white primer. Engine 915 finally gets a fresh coat of blue. The painters put the final touchs on the front handrail before they call it a day. All that remains ... (more)

Its amazing how easily they break when tightened.

Day slowly turns into night as the three-track C&O cantilever stands guard over the W.E. of Vauces center siding outside of Chillicothe. As CSX's modernization of the C&O continues to progress up ... (more)

STEAMWORKS! - Well, that's what an enthusiastic young friend of mine (and obvious Thomas addict) would call this, but no it's actually the backshop of the Alaska Railroad. Here heavy repai... (more)

Decades after they last traveled the rails these stock cars are still at work in the cattle industry, providing some shelter on a farm within site of the Moffat Road which skirts the flatirons in ... (more)

In the early 1980's, RF&P eliminated the 11:00 PM-7:00 AM shift at its Bryan Park Terminal locomotive shop. The forces working the evening shift would line up any consists requested by the RF&P a... (more)

A couple of four axles undergo service at the CSX shop. Probably nothing more major than their "Q"s. Love that nice morning light. 6150 was a former B&O GP40-2, but has been redesignated as a GP3... (more)