Erie Lackawanna 3607 on display at the National Museum of Transportation in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Frisco 4501, the 4-8-4 "Meteor", on display at the Museum of American Railroads in Frisco, Texas.

BNSF 4459 is one of many locomotives at the diesel shops in the BNSF Argentine yard.

AGPX 4036 idles the morning, waiting for the next crew to begin switching cars at the AG Processing facility in St. Joseph, Missouri.

MIXX 3151 and CEFX 1545 sit outside the repair shop at Mid America Car in Kansas City, Missouri.

NS 4322 and UP 7761 wait for a green signal before heading underneath the Missouri Avenue overpass with a northbound manifest train. To the right of this location is the Metro East Industries dies... (more)

Midwest Rail 205 is being overhauled at the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas. This GP-9 was originally the DRGW 5904. Photo taken with permission.

HLX 3805 is nestled between UP 635 and UP 637, RVSC 513 (Rio Valley Switching Company) and NCRC 549 (Rio Grande Pacific Industries Rail Service), at the Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, Il... (more)

Santa Fe 5030, a 2-10-4 steam locomotive on display in the Salvador Perez Park in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Union Pacific 4006 Big Boy is one of many steam locomotives on display at the National Museum of Transportation.

The Canadian National 5529 is one of many steam locomotives on display at the National Museum of Transportation.

BNSF 5076 begins to accelerate from the diesel service pads located at the west end of the BNSF Belen yard with a double stack train.

When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)

Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.

UP 5705 and UP 6399 are in DPU mode as they push hard on a southbound loaded coal train. This is the Union Pacific flyover bridge over the BNSF main line on the east side of Hastings, Nebraska.