GTW GP9r 4611 has been relegated to CN's "Claude Mongeau Training Facility" in Transcona, MB. It's used daily to train brand new employees in hopes of becoming conductors.

After the crew of Denver & Rio Grande Western C-18 No. 315 has loaded bags of sand in the sand dome, a little housekeeping is in order as the running boards are swept clean of errant granules. The... (more)

With the T-Birds having the weekend off, CN C40-8W 2172 and sister C40-8 2111 idle away in the yard at Keenan.

A pair of foreign units sit quietly in CN's Keenan Yard. They brought an empty sand train to the old Erie Mining property for storage the night before.

Clean CN power waits for assignments at the yard office in Keenan, MN.

Quite the collection of motive power idles in the yard at Keenan.

Bandit and a ghost
Former Milwaukee Road, now Soo Line GP40 No. 2014 and Kansas City Southern SD40 No. 633 sit at the Joint Agency Yard in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 1990. ... (more)

A pair of ATSF veterans idle at 22nd Street in between local switching duties in San Diego.

Rolling toward the flue shop at track speed, Norfolk & Western J-Class No. 611 performs a night runby for photographers attending a N.C. Transportation Museum photo shoot at Spencer on Sept. 1, 20... (more)

Burlington Northern (CB&Q) ran through freights with the ICG (GM&O) from St. Louis to Kansas City connecting in Mexico, MO.

An A-B-A set of matched F units awaits its next assignment. The lead unit was built as MILW 114C.

Cargill's SD18 #607 sits quietly on the company's elevator track at Oakner, MB. What a great looking unit!

Cosmetic restored of Southern Railway E8A #6914 make it's debut at the Tennessee Valley Railroad 8th Annual Rail fest. Once the festivities is over the classy classic E8A will get sent back to the... (more)

Rugged Little Beast A rare jewel make an appearance at the Norfolk Southern Chattanooga Diesel Shop. Sitting solo on the lead is the Chattahoochee Locomotive Company (CLCX) 14135,... (more)

Pioneer Railroad Equipment Company recently painted GP20 has been sent to help the well-worn GP16s of the Decatur Junction Railway.