Peoria & Pekin Union Railway EMD SW9 No. 605 sits at the railroad’s facility near East Peoria, Illinois, in March 1984. This 1,200 hp switcher looks similar to the SW8, but has two exhaust stack... (more)

PNLX 7436 staged in the SVRR yard in Staunton for a night photo session. Photo taken with permission.

ATSF 2926 poses near Albuquerque Train Station for a night photo shoot during Albuquerque's Railroad Days. This is 2926 first mainline appearance since being retired by the ATSF.

Copper Basin Railway EMD GP39-2 No. 502 is having its 360 day (annual) inspection done inside the shop at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. The railroad’s well-equipped Hayden Shop includes a ... (more)

Copper Basin Railway’s Jeremy Holyoak and Garrett Pitner from the mechanical department stay busy as they work on CBRY EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kenne... (more)

Two EMD SD70Ms wait for work at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. No. 5090 has a “standard” SD70M cab, while slightly newer sister No. 51... (more)

Inside the Diesel House at Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande Burnham Shops at Denver, Colorado, two machinists work on a cylinder of the 7FDL16 prime mover of UP GE AC4400CW No. 7334 on December... (more)

BNSF SD40-2 Number 1594 Shows Its Heritage As It Idles At Stacy Street.

Wet Premiere: Remnants from Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn't keep people away from seeing the URHS's spectacular unveiling of their repainted and externally restored U34CH. The locomotive is... (more)

At Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, A welder from the boiler shop (boilermaker by trade) carefully repairs a locomotive snow plow on May 19, 2015. In the bac... (more)

The previous night was quite a doozy for the RS51 crew after an open door dragging on one of the hopper cars. The problem was found on their move west in the town of Farmingdale forcing their trai... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4353 pauses under the protective shed covering the service tracks on the northeast side of the large Downing B Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 201... (more)

It looks like it’ll be a while before Union Pacific EMD GP40 No. 651 is roadworthy again as it sits during a rebuild at the railroad’s Downing B Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on M... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 1996 displays its colorful Daylight colors in its Southern Pacific heritage scheme at the locomotive facility at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011... (more)

There really is a guy that repairs locomotive toilets
Certainly doing a thankless job, a Union Pacific employee at the Diesel Shop in North Platte, Nebraska, repairs a locomotive toilet... (more)