CN GP38-2 7516 idles at the Dunvegan Yard. It had been being used to train new conductors.

CN SD38-2 1653 and GP38-2 7503 idle on the west side of the diesel shop in Edmonton awaiting some attention.

CN GP38-2 7520 does some load testing on the west end of the Walker Yard diesel shop.

CN SD40-2Ws 5330 and 5362 serve as the Walker Yard extra yard job power, waiting for a crew at the pulldown tower.

CN C40-8M 2404 idles in front of the Walker Yard LRC's load test boxcar on the westend of the shops in Edmonton.

Rocky Mountaineer Vacations is gearing up for the (hopeful) 2021 season, getting their locomotives washed and ready to start pulling tourists around the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. ... (more)

Two employees confer while working on GE C44-9W No. 9632 in Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop work on May 4, 2011. UP Dash 9 No. 9632 is former Southern Pacific No. 8168.

CN C40-8 2037 idles in the backtrack at Carvel waiting for a K791 crew to come grab it to take to Entwistle to grab a wood pellet train.

WC GP38-2 2003 and WC GP40-2 3026 await their next assignment in the yard at Williams Lake, BC.

CN SD60 5455 awaits an assignment in the yard at Kamloops.

Out of Place: An Arrow III EMU is noticeably out of place sitting on a siding off of Conrail’s Port Reading Secondary. It is here awaiting PTC upgrades just outside of the Kinkisharyo fac... (more)

The Williams Lake yard/local power idles between assignments out front of the old BCR station.

IC GP38-2 9628 idles between switching assignments at Prince George's south yard.

WC GP38-2 2002 and GP9RMs 7019 and 7036, the usual Quesnel Yard power, idles the day away while its crew uses much bigger C40-8M 2437.

It's likely the end of the line for this string of Budd-built M3s and about 70 other cars just like it, located on adjacent yard tracks. The Coronavirus pandemic cut LIRR ridership by over 80% neg... (more)