Empire of the North final Stand On a cold gloomy evening at the Chattanooga Diesel Shop we get a glimpse of eight out of a large quantity of SD40-2 that was acquired by Norfolk So... (more)

A stormy night approaches as IRM's Diesel Shop is busy prepping engines for the upcoming weekend event "Diesel Days 2016." UP 1848 and BN-3 idle alongside CNW 4160, which is currently be... (more)

KCS power for the Gulfport-Hattiesburg local rests overnight in Gulfport.

The heritage is easily identified on MSE's latest addition with the C&NW nose mounted bell. The railroad's first turbocharged unit rests next to the shop at Moss Point.

Built as PC 7815 in 1969, GNRR 2000 now works with a small fleet of other fascinating EMD veterans. A hand full of those units are seen here tied up for the weekend at Marietta.

Former NS EMD units sit outside the old MRS Engine House, now owned by FTRL, awaiting another chance at life.

Missouri Pacific SD40s Nos. 3088 and 3080, along with SD40-2 No. 3134 rest at Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985.

Three new Mo-Pac Truck Lines, Inc. International tractors wait to go to work at Missouri Pacific’s Yard Center intermodal yard at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985.

In 1986, EMDs line the tracks at Santa Fe’s locomotive facility at Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on a typically somber day for the midwest in November. Right to left; Santa Fe No. 5838 is a... (more)

A continuous flow of cars pass by on Highway 231, while business carries on as usual in Bay Line's Sherman Yard. Taking a break at the moment, TPW engine #3830 waits its turn for the next assignm... (more)

Rio Grande narrow gauge caboose No. 0540 sits in front of the station at Durango, Colorado. When this photo was taken in August 1979, Rio Grande still owned and operated the branch to Silverton.

One of the 47 active SD60s remaining on NS rests in front of the 1910 Gainesville, GA depot along the former Southern Railway Atlanta-Washington mainline. Ex-N&W SD40-2 1649, built in 1974, is sec... (more)

One of the 47 active SD60s remaining on NS rests in front of the 1910 Gainesville, GA depot along the former Southern Railway Atlanta-Washington mainline. This unit retains its long hood forward s... (more)

Union Pacific GE U30C rests on the east side of the diesel shop at North Platte, Nebraska, in June 1981.

A nice gathering of power is lined up at Missouri-Kansas-Texas’ Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, and brighten up a dreary and cold December 8, 1985. All EMDs, Nos. 601, 624 and 629 are SD4... (more)