My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

"Can you tell me the price on that locomotive?" Part of the Spencer Roundhouse became a temporary gift shop for happy customers during the Streamliners at Spencer event.

I am in the cab of Milwaukee Road SD40-2 MILW 187, looking out at the various power in the diesel service area at the UP North Platte yard. It was quite an experience for my wife and I to get a V... (more)

Another in the series "A face only a mother could love", former CSX GP15-1 1538 is getting a "facial makeover" by the crew at Locomotive Specialists. Lots of bondo on the nose as well as paint ove... (more)

The engineer on Santa Fe bicentennial 5704 is working in helper service, assisting a Union Pacific coal train down Cajon Pass at Verdemont. A lot of time the Santa Fe bicentennial units would be ... (more)

A member of the UP 4014 Steam Crew attaches a safety harness to the hand rail above the cab window and prepares to walk across as another member keeps a watchful eye. Safety is very important to ... (more)

An ex Providence and Worcester b-units sit in the former NRE storage facility in Waycross, Georgia. Photo taken with permission.

A colorful line-up of old diesels sit at the Locomotive Specialist Facility in Waycross, Georgia. From left to right, IC 1439 (SW14), CSX 2215 (Road slug), Chicago Central 8190 (GP-10), NS 879 (R... (more)

SP 9177 leading three Milwaukee Road MILW 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 around Sullivan's Curve and west up Cajon Pass.

Here is a new railroad for Railpics, the International & Great Northern Railway, which was located in Texas and eventually became part of the Missouri Pacific. My great, great uncle Robert F. McK... (more)

Santa Fe yellowbonnet 5922 leads a hot intermodal eastbound as it crests Cajon Summit on a clear summer morning.

Ex Illinois Central 101 sits at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western facility in Candor. What a surprise it was for me to turn the corner and see this beauty sitting there!

Nickel Plate Road 190 basks in the evening light during the Streamliners at Spencer event.

The Big Boy has just completed slowly crawling through the south leg of the Van Buren wye and is now climbing up a slight grade. The UP 4014 steam crew member was riding on the platform to check ... (more)

RJ Corman 2016 and RJ Corman 1265 spend a quiet evening at their facility in Bardstown, Kentucky.