Correction: There are apparently no NTSB/STB reports on this incident. However, on further research, this derailment was not due to flooding, but rather improper slack management by the mid... (more)

Clyde Yard Engine Terminal

KiwiRail General Electric rebuilt U25C DXR8022 stands at Kaikoura station with 700 0700 Christchurch - Picton, Coastal Pacific, on 19th March 2024.

KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5402 & EMD/Hutt Workshops EMD GT22MC DFB7158 cross Annex Road level crossing, Christchurch, on 10th March 2024 with container train 939 1720 Christchurch - Inverc... (more)

KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5425 & DXC5172 approach Tarapuhi Street level crossing, Greymouth, on 9th March 2024. The locos had run round the TranzAlpine stock in the yard and are returning ... (more)

Livingston, Montana was Northern Pacific's major diesel maintenance facility for their entire transcontinental fleet of freight and passenger locomotives as well as the Rocky Mountain Division... (more)

PUEBLO CO July 16 1979 - BN U25C 5617 is ready to depart. The unit was delivered in April 1965 as Northern Pacific 2517. It was retired March 1981. My photo.

Given the choice between an unturbo'd EMD 567 at full cry or one of these lugging into Norton, VA with a big train, I guess I would have to flip a coin as to which I like best. This L&N alumnus i... (more)

BN 5617 and 5663 pair up with some X-NP F9s at BN's former GN Harrison St. engine facilities in March 1974. BN 5617 was NP 2517, built in June 1965 and retired in March 1981. BN 5663 was CB&Q 575,... (more)

A long gone sight A L&N GE U25C # 1516 leads a coal train out on line near Evansville Indiana on a nice fall day in october 1978

BN U25C 5653 leads an eastbound freight through Baring, WA. The train will pass the westbound North Coast Hiawatha, out of view, here and continue east to Skykomish to add helpers before continuin... (more)

A CC U25C and BB U30B bracket a newer GEBB on a northbound freight at North Charleston.

A few minutes after a quick pick-up/set-out at Bennett Yard in North Charleston, train 120 zooms up the slight grade into Hanahan. This 120 has a pair of big ol' six-axle GEs - a welcome relief f... (more)

Early Conrail action finds a set of power headed to Bethlehem Engine Terminal after dropping its train next to the steel mill in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Here a clean Penn Central U25C leads... (more)

The squeal of 6-axle flanges from a pair of U-Boats announce the passing of pushers down-bound, returning to Altoona for their next push westbound up the curve. U25C 6502 and 6536 a U-30C.