"This here is one of our finest," said the UP Manager. In a staged scene part of the annual night photography session at the Rail Giants Train Museum in Pomona, a Union Pacific executive p... (more)

The sun closes in on the horizon to bring another warm, summer day in Los Angeles to a close as AMTK 507 catches some rays adjacent to the Redondo turntable. Across the pit, an endangered F59PHi l... (more)

TLC for Baldwin #5. During a break between runs, Engineer Al spends a few minutes oiling around on the 1906 vintage, East Branch & Lincoln Baldwin #5. In this shot, he's oiling and making... (more)

Woodstock Lumber Company Shay #5. Completing Clark's collection of the major geared engine types is this little 2-Truck Shay, seen coming off the WMCRR's Howe Truss Covered Bridge....with a... (more)

Another pair of Union Pacific C40-8's have reached the end of their lifespans in Memphis, Tennessee. Here at Progress Rail Services on President's Island, the pair is being dismantled among the de... (more)

Garibaldi after hours. With the day's operations and post-arrival servicing complete, Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad power sits parked outside the engine house, bedded down for the night. On... (more)

Catenary maintenance is a constant, never-ending job that is often unnoticed or unappreciated. Kudos to all of those who do the work to keep the current flowing. A Richard Louderback original sl... (more)

Yard moves. The early evening sun drops below a dark cloud deck as Polson Logging Company Mikado #2 drops her freight consist in the south Garibaldi Yard and heads to the engine shop for wa... (more)

There were plows everywhere. After seeing the DMVW plow being repaired at Falkirk we headed toward Drake where the CP was sending a plow toward Max. As we got close we saw the SOO Russell alone... (more)

From Wikipedia - "The Delray Beach Seaboard Air Line Railway Station (also known as the Delray Beach Railroad Station) is a historic Seaboard Air Line Railway depot in Delray Beach, Florida, ... (more)

PRR #460: "The Lindbergh Engine." If you look down through history at railroad locomotives that have become famous, most gained their fame not from an entire working life, but from one day,... (more)

Treasures of the Henry Ford: The Allegheny Cab Here's a look at the "business office" of the big C&O 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Locomotive, which is housed in The Henry Ford Museum of Amer... (more)

Treasures of the Henry Ford: Bessemer & Lake Erie Consolidation #154 Tucked away near the back of the Henry Ford railroad collection is this massive Baldwin Consolidation, built for the Bes... (more)

Ontario Northland Railway's heritage SD40-2, #1730, is seen at the service area at the company's Englehart, Ontario, yard with plenty of snow pack at -18 F for its nighttime portrait. Photo with ... (more)

Treasures of The Henry Ford: The C&O Allegheny. According to the docents at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, the most heavily photographed artifact in their building is this ma... (more)