A Southern GP38-2 sitting in the shops

A welder works at repairing the worn draft gear area in the front of Union Pacific No. UPY 697 at the capable Kansas City Locomotive Facility in K.C., Missouri, on October 21, 2013.

After installing new draft gear in the front of UPY 697, two machinists carefully insert a new coupler in place at Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in K.C., Missouri, on October 2... (more)

A look inside the Chicago Transit Authority's main repair shop.

Former CR #2226 SW1500's engine sits in Norfolk Southerns Juniata Locomotive shop, to be scraped or be re painted. NS 66J is in the background. It is not an SW1200, my mistake.

Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 328 (rebuilt and now labeled an SD45-2) gets some routine maintenance in the shop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012.

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4831 is getting a wheel set/motor assembly replaced at railroad’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in K.C., Missouri, on October 21, 2013. Using the single axle drop t... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4831 is having its fifth wheel set/motor assembly replaced at UP’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in K.C., Missouri, on October 21, 2013. After removing the old axle... (more)

An employee in Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop works on GE C44-9W No. 9632 on May 4, 2011. UP No. 9632 is the former Southern Pacific No. 8168.

We are inside the Chicago Transit Authority's Linden Shops as the two historical cars built in 1922 prepare to depart their normal hiding spot at Linden for the Skokie Shops.

NS 6601 is seen on Track 27 at the Juniata Shops in the beginning stages of transition to an SD60E. An NS employee empties out the sandbox on this SD60, to prepare the rest of the nose and cab for... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 No. 123 and SD45 (rebuilt and labeled an SD45-2) No. 315 are inside the backshop of MRL’s Livingston Shops on May 7, 2012. Both locomotives are stored long-term and hav... (more)

Even though Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe is just seven years old in this image, it is having its prime mover changed out with a new one from Electro-Motive Diesel. A new 4,300 horsepower EMD 16-7... (more)

In fresh paint, Montana Rail Link SD45 (Rebuilt by MRL and now labeled a SD45-2M) No. 355 sits in the locomotive backshop at Livingston, Montana, on May 7, 2012. Two tracks over, EMD SD70ACe No. 4... (more)

NS 2120, a one of a kind cab-less remote control switch engine, takes the NS N&W heritage unit #8103 around for a spin on the turntable in the Altoona Juniata Locomotive backshop on October 12th, ... (more)