Union Pacific switching the now gone GM Truck plant at Janesvile

Heading to Lynwood's Cargill Milling, Union Pacific's Reyes Switcher (train LOG11R 29) heads north on the railroad's Patada Industrial Lead, paralleling the trench that contains the Alameda Corrid... (more)

Attebury Grain elevator is huge

Union Pacific 3GS21B Y2723 is a low-emissions diesel genset locomotive built by National Railway Equipment (NRE) at their Mount Vernon shops in Southern Illinois. Instead of a single prime mover, ... (more)

A pair of NRE Gensets pull out of the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard and roll east under the signals at CP 107 in Dolton, Illinois. At Dolton, the IHB Main Line and the CSX Barr Subdivisio... (more)

Late in the afternoon, Union Pacific train LOG16R 14, technically the 7400 Zone Switcher out of Mead, but popularly called the Vopak Switcher, navigates the S-curve at the north end ... (more)

3 of the 4 IHB 3GS21B locomotives are seen shoved down the end of a tail track at IHB's Osborn Yard.

They look pretty good, and they were often free but the "Truck Engined Switchers" we feared didn't work out for most and such an assemblage is now very difficult to find.

BNSF 1230 has seen better days as it rusts in the Texas sun back in August, 2017. Not sure if this diesel has been scrapped since then.

San Diego and Imperial Valley 702 has a crane on each side of the locomotive. When I took the photograph, I figured the engine had derailed and was now back on the rails, or it would soon be lift... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad Y2724 is a 3GS21B low emission locomotive, built by National Railway Equipment Co. in May 2007. (Anaheim, California - July 26, 2010)

Some rearranging of Union Pacific's Salt Lake City dead line has been going on recently. The four NRE 3GS32B Gensets have been pulled out. I don't know for what. I assume they are going to be leav... (more)

While checking out the location of the Pacific Harbor Line's former enginehouse at their now-gone Pier A Yard, a pair of NRE 3GS21B locomotives, PHL 30 and 31, were found crossing Alameda Street w... (more)

Built only in 2008, BNSF 1291 is one of the dozens of interesting locomotives in the dead storage in Galveston, TX. Nearly every BNSF-related paint scheme from the past 30 years can be found here.

The AM J Yard switcher shoves down the tight 842 Spur in Vernon, in between the variety of industrial buildings at the City is known for.