The Cummins PR photo shoot using the Indiana Rail Road train SAHW (Senate Avenue - Indianapolis to Hiawatha Yard) with the QSK95 demonstrator, CECX 1919, leading INRD SD90MAC43 9013 has pulled dow... (more)

A one month old Ferromex auto rack from the Trinity plant in Mexico follows the same trend set by Trinity for its rebuilds of older BNSF racks, that is the painting of the TTX flatcar into the sam... (more)

REFER MADNESS! A string of brand new refrigerated cars make their maiden voyage to Albina Yard on the daily Lake Yard transfer. These Gunderson made cars were built right across the street from La... (more)

"The New NYAR Road Switcher Duo; Progress Rail PR20-B" Both brand new New York & Atlantic Railway (NYAR) PR20-B locomotives quietly idle at Fresh Pond Yard shortly before being us... (more)

One Month Old

The rising sun illuminates Union Pacific SD70ACe 9004 at the railroad's Dolores Yard (in Carson, California) on April 25th, 2016. Built by EMD in Mexico in March 2016,... (more)

Brand new at the factory.

Introducing NYAR's newest locomotive, an EMD/Progress Rail PR20B. The RS70 crew has just brought two of them into LIRR's Morris Park yard to undergo some fine tuning and eventually a mainline test... (more)

Right out of the shop, freshly rebuilt GP33ECO 4726 started its service life as Southern GP50 7083 in May, 1981. Unit was being readied for forwarding to Conway where it was to be used in local se... (more)

Second Susquehanna ECO
The second SD33-ECO rebuild on Susquehanna's roster has just rolled out of the engine terminal and will be put to work on the WS-3 local for the evening. The un... (more)

"The New Kid on the Block at NYAR; Progress Rail PR20-B (Rear Photo)" One of two brand new New York & Atlantic Railway (NYAR) PR20-B locomotives sits outside of the shops at Fresh Pond Y... (more)

"The New Kid on the Block at NYAR; Progress Rail PR20-B" One of two brand new New York & Atlantic Railway (NYAR) PR20-B locomotives sits outside of the shops at Fresh Pond Yard shortly a... (more)

The first revenue run for this SD70ACU pair NS 7264 and NS 7286 seen splitting the PRR signals at Newport on the head end of a loaded coal drag.

It was twenty years ago... BNSF was a brand new railroad. I worked at Kalmbach Publishing Co. as their corporate art director. On a whim, I sent Robert Krebs, then BNSF's CEO a drawing suggesting ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train descends the Front Range of the Rockies at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on May 5, 2014. Three brand-new EMD SD70ACes lead the train (Nos. 8533, 8531 ... (more)

NYS&W's second SD33ECO has arrived on the property. The former Southern Pacific SD40T-2 was remanufactured by Progress Rail in Tacoma, Washington. The 3016 is shown on the rear of the SU-99 consis... (more)