Last of its Kind Hidden among other retired and stored Amtrak locomotives is the last original Phase IV-painted P40DC on the fleet. Of the original 44 P40DCs ordered by Amtrak, 15 received... (more)

Where Trains Go to Die Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops are home to countless retired and wrecked locomotives. Seen here are two veterans units (P42DC #42 and NPCU #90208), along with P42DCs, P4... (more)

Piggyback NS 615, an apparently wrecked road slug, sits on a flatcar on high-wide train 054. This unit was soon cut at Rose Yard and eventually moved into the Juniata Shops for repairs.

Family Portrait MBTA F40PH-3C #1030 is posed up in the Middleboro Layover Yard with the New England Railroad Club's annual Dinner Train. This year, both of Cape Cod Central's New Haven FL9... (more)

Fresh Look for NS NS 955, the Office Car Special, works its way up Horseshoe Curve with two freshly-painted SD70ACes in the lead. With the Union Pacific merger looming in the future, we mi... (more)

MassDOT Blue The Readville Switcher equipment shuttle returns from the BET with MassDOT 1137 leading long-hood forward.

Pride of the Fleet NS 1230 emerged from the paint booth at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops on November 5th, 2025 in a unique red and black livery. This paint job, reminiscent of Pennsylva... (more)

Freight Hauling Passengers Amtrak's Pennsylvanian is an interesting case where one terminus lacks "protect" power. As a result, if the train breaks down in Pittsburgh, Amtrak oft... (more)

Local Legend The Readville Switcher is the name of the equipment move that moves locomotives and coaches between the MBTA Commuter Rail's north and south sides. Every weeknight (and Sunday... (more)

Derailment at Rose Yard In the early morning hours of April 29, 2025, a Norfolk Southern manifest (I'm guessing 13V) derailed in Altoona, PA's Rose Yard. The talented wreck crew in Altoona... (more)

Factory Fresh Amtrak 968 rolls down the hill at Horseshoe Curve with the first Airo Intercity Trainset. This consist will eventually end up on the Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest, ... (more)

What Once Was On the afternoon of December 29, 2020, Pan Am BO-1 (Boston area local) returns from Salem after working on the Danvers Branch earlier in the day. Though BO-1 still exists tod... (more)

Bee Line NS 1067, the Reading Lines heritage unit, stops for a recrew at Rose Yard in Altoona, PA. This coal train is bound for the Brunner Island Generating Station in York Haven, which p... (more)

Obligatory "TAG, you're it" Caption NS 4851, the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia heritage unit at its unveiling ceremony.

Glow Worm at Night NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, sits near the Juniata Backshop turntable with AC-to-DC AC44C6M #4005. This unit has since been rebuilt and repainted, and i... (more)