Inside Union Pacific’s De Soto car shop in Missouri, a 5-ton overhead gantry crane is used to break down the components of a freight car truck prior to rebuilding on September 28, 2011.
At Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, a welder (boilermaker by trade) carefully builds new lower pilot assemblies for the railroad’s SD40N rebuild program on... (more)
Doyle in the office. Friends of the 4449 President Doyle McCormack looks right at home in his "office", that being the Engineer's seat on SP 4449 as it runs in the yard in Portlan... (more)
Inspecting K36 #480 in the time honored manner of hitting nuts and bolts and listening to the resulting sound. It's this sound that lets his practiced ear know what's tight and what's not, and nee... (more)
Time to saddle up and ride. Friends of the 4449 President, Doyle McCormack checks his watch as he prepares to execute some photo run-bys for a group of photographers participating in a Lerr... (more)