As exhaust rises into the illumination of a light tower, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 rests next to the venerable sand tower at Helper, Utah, on the night of October 23, 2007. By this autumnal ... (more)

NJ Transit's latest heritage unit was very briefly placed on display outdoors at the Meadowlands Maintenance Complex. After a quick photo op 4101 was safely tucked away back indoors. This unit re... (more)

Waiting for duty, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors bask in the summer sun in the engine facility at Helper, Utah, on August 7, 1996.

By February 2006, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 was the last Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive on the Union Pacific system in its original unpatched paint and road number. Slumbering next t... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 392 pauses for a portrait at Laurel, Montana, on October 11, 2005. F45 cowl locomotives have a design that likely reducing air resistance, but more importantly, it do... (more)

Santa Fe EMD SD39 No. 1567 shines in the afternoon sun on the afternoon of September 1, 1991, at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Corwith Yard near Chicago, Illinois. Similar looking to the... (more)

Precision Locomotive Leasing and Repairs 57 sits on the Augusta Co-op spur in Staunton with a fresh coat of paint, so fresh that the logo and side road numbers have not been applied yet.

On September 14, 2017, Union Pacific GE AC4400CW locomotives are repaired and overhauled at the South Morrill Locomotive Facility. On track 2, UP AC4400CW No. 6704 is having a new prime mover is i... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD40N (rebuilt SD40-2) No. 1826 has some work done in the Diesel House at the railroad’s former Rio Grande Burnham Shops on December 17, 2015.

A freshly-painted Santa Fe EMD GP20 sits at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1986.

Missouri Pacific EMD GP50 No. 3521, now painted in Union Pacific colors, rests at the Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on August 10, 1986.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD9 No. 168 sits in the railroad’s locomotive facility at Keenan Yard at Keenan, Minnesota, on September 9, 1989.

Chicago & Illinois Midland EMD RS1325 No. 30, along with EMD SW1200 No. 20, sit outside near the railroad’s shop at Springfield, Illinois, in February 1984. Constructed by EMD in October 1960, C... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 3925 sits out on front of the main (backshop) building at UP’s Burnham Shops at Denver, Colorado, on January 21, 2016. The railroad closed this former Rio Grande faci... (more)

Two sets of Soo Line power rest outside the roundhouse at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on August 30, 1987. In a couple of months, the route through here will become part of the new regional Wisconsin... (more)