A Loram rail grinder makes its way across the Tazewell & Peoria to reach Iowa Interstate trackage and its trip to Silvis, Illinois for storage.

“Geometry & Coke Zero”

On the morning of October 4th, 2025, Metro-North Railroad’s self-propelled Engineering Inspection Vehicle “IC 2020” and CTrail GE P40BH 6701 sit on di... (more)

A Vossloh G 2000BB engine on display at the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum.

Two of Iowa Traction Railway Company's electric-powered 50-Ton Steeplecab locomotives …

IATR 54, built in 1923 by General Electric; has just arrived and the crew has pulled down it t... (more)

Former Manitoba Hydro locomotive 857 "Snoopy" sits outside the CP rail station in Portage, coupled up to CP caboose 434560. I'm unsure of the reporting mark so I went with the closest... (more)

A Loram rail grinder deadheads westward to Barstow as it passes through Hackberry.

Rebuilt using EMD switcher frame and trucks and using a Caterpillar 3512 prime mover with a Kato generator. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

The EMD Model 40 was a diesel-electric industrial locomotive built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its corporate successor, General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between August 19... (more)

The snow fighting crew from Pontresina had an unscheduled task in Ospizio Bernina, highest station of the Rhaetian Railway network on 2253 meter a.s.l., in the afternoon of this day. "Schalke... (more)

"New Haven Battery Shunter"

On the rainy afternoon of December 3rd, 2023, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)'s NITEQ 7000-E remote controlled electric battery shunte... (more)

The austrian railways ÖBB ordered 18 new fire fighting and rescue trains from StadlerRail for the infrastructure department. The first built train X122 # 001 (99 81 9173 007-1) is on a test run 3... (more)

Mini CMV. NJ Transit catenary maintenance vehicle 5420 is seen outside the Newark Light Rail facility at Grove St. The main feature of the diminutive vehicle is a scissor lift for acces... (more)

Making a Connection. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R41 locomotive no. 56 (GE, 45-ton, 1967-1968) couples up to newly delivered R252 flat car no. 822 (Harsco Rail, 2019-2021) a... (more)

Imagine my surprise when during a furtive little drive and a "hardy hi you silver" found this beast sitting, waiting for its run. Got him on the road and the sun was great, but on the wrong side... (more)

Resting in the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Coney Island Yard during a snowstorm on January 13, 1982 are 35-ton locomotives 11 and 10. The locomotives were built by GE in 1959 and were ... (more)