I was lucky enough to get a guided tour around the test facility, this train was going around and around the test track and is photographed here while the engineer had his lunch break. The loco is... (more)
DOTX 2000 leads the Coldwater - Montpelier turn as they run south through Angola Indiana with a rather short train in tow. This unit has always interested me due to its unique paint scheme with a ... (more)
WOW - what a lot to see today in the BNSF Engine Servicing Facility yard in Denver. Aside from a couple visiting Norfolk Southern units and a couple BNSF Heritage I units, there were two Federal ... (more)
There is a small but interesting train museum adjacent to the Pueblo Union Depot train station, including these two unique pieces. DOT 001 is a U30C that used to be used on the Department of Tran... (more)
DOTX 2000 leads a Indiana Northeastern freight under the Fox Lake Road bridge in Angola, IN.
"End of Shift" Laying over at the ENSCO facility near Chambersburg on an Mid June evening are DOTX 212 and DOTX 221. These geometry cars are maintained and stored here until n... (more)
Sitting beneath a blue hour sky on an Independence Day morning is the Patriotic DOT 001, a GE U30C built for the TTCI test center and was used for powering their subway car test tracks. No longer... (more)
DOT #203 pulls a special train around the 13.5 mile Railroad Test Track Loop at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, CO.
The DOTX E8(A) showed up in South Amboy at one point to help with the horrible shortage of working E units on Conrail's Bay Head trains. Here it is seen with corkscrew-less Conrail #4256, as the t... (more)
Here is the Federal Railroad Administration's No. 217 Office of Safety vehicle AKA Track Geometry car. I did not know of it's existence. It is seen here on Amtrak's National Train Day, May 8, 2010... (more)
DOT FRA Dept of Safety SPV 219 awaiting permission from Console 2 Kansas City to leave KCS and take the south leg of the Y onto the Kiamichi RR.
The FRA's test car rests at BNSF's Superior facility.
The Federal Railroad Administration (DOTX 217) rests near the shops in the CP's Pig's Eye Yard.
Enroute to be smashed into little little pieces, former SP 6808 has been retro-fitted with an SD70M style cab for testing.
