Some quiet EMD for lunch today... CSXT Q580-08 seen here on the north side of Ringgold, GA behind the class ST70AH 8900. The engineer was real admit on having his photo taken and absolutely was... (more)

Built in 1874 by the Rio Grande, the shops and yard at Burnham, located a couple of miles south of downtown Denver, Colorado, were the main shop facilities for the railroad. In this later view on ... (more)

Crews from Hulcher and R.J. Corman move a track panel with a side boom caterpillar while cleaning up a derailment at Lakeside, Nebraska, on BNSF’s Sand Hills Subdivision. The derailment happened... (more)

Big Mess

Railroading has changed a lot since I took this photo of a massive coal train derailment on the shared BN/CN route through Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver.

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The sounds of GE prime movers echoes off the walls within Big Hormady Cut as the Cowan pusher shoves heavy mixed freight train Q580 up the nearly three percent grade at Tantallon. Big Hormady Cut ... (more)

A group of Union Pacific locomotives are spotted for work and servicing inside the main locomotive shop building at the railroad’s massive Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 5, 2011.

Meet Mr. Robert Riley, founder of Rock Island Rail who has brought his dream of a modern day Rock Island to life but in the Mississippi Delta region. On May 23, 2020 a special run was operated to ... (more)

CSX GP38-2 2756 stands on a southbound cut at Peachtree City, Georgia during the night of January 23, 2020 awaiting the arrival of Q541.

On May 4, 2011, electricians inside Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop in Nebraska, work on wire harnesses used in PTC installation for GE locomotives spotted on Track 1.

Inside BNSF Railway's locomotive shop in Barstow, California, Dash 9-44CW 4678 receives some maintenance after racking up a lot of miles. A locomotive wheelset and traction motor sit on the ship ... (more)

Engineer Andrew Durden is looking ahead as he at the control of an SW1200 #606 as the Missionary Ridge Local eastbound back to Grand Junction. TVRM 606 is an ex: Milwaukee Road switcher, the 12 cy... (more)

The famous crew picture in front of Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive 4-8-8-4 #4014 during the celebration in Ogden, UT. You can see a big smile in Ed Dickens' face!

Two members of the steam team lube the rods of Union Pacific Northern No. 844 at Rawlins, Wyoming, on May 6, 2019.

GP9 1603 is captured switching out a recently arrived 213 at Cochrane May 7, 2014

Two crew members are out inspecting an eastbound train that has just left Mac Yard for points north and west on this cold winters evening.