Serve The South Only lacking the nose herald on both ends of the locomotive, and the Southern Rwy 5000L is completed, and ready to be put into revenue service. Southern 5000L was ... (more)

Fresh Paint
A freshly-outshopped DC to AC conversion unit leads a train south out of Enola Yard.

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 was freshly painted for excursion service in a short-lived Southern Pacific-style Black Widow paint scheme as seen at Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2010.

CSX's "Franklin M. Garrett" GP38-2 shoves the Southern 542 into the newly renovated back shop at Spencer in preparation for a night photo shoot later that evening.

Circus staff are enjoying the last few hours of circus train travel, as the RBBB Red Unit train heads for its last-ever show in Providence, RI. This train came over from Hartford, CT via Connectic... (more)

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

Say hello to the newest restoration from the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Crews worked diligently this week and especially today to unveil Western Maryland EMD BL2 No. 82 in its new Wester... (more)

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

The former Providence & Worcester B40-8W 582 has emerged from its exterior/cab rehabilitation and painting to become PWRZ 4007 in fresh Genesee & Wyoming corporate colors. The unit is seen posed ... (more)

All painted up, and ready for the road....."well sort of!!!!" in previous of years Norfolk Southern Corp has been on a buying spree of used locomotives, and the SD40-2 were the big item of choic... (more)

PWRZ 3906 sits in Willimantic after getting a fresh coat of G&W paint in St. Albans, VT. 3906 is the first P&W unit to get the orange dip.

For the first time in what feels like several months, it was warm enough in Central Maine to stand outside for more than a few minutes while waiting for a train. In filtered sun, Pan Am Railway's... (more)

Freshly pained GP30 2467 waits as the day's Tuck Train passenger disperse around town for the layover. Link to old paint scheme: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/502483/

Modelers take note:

This freshly-painted Union Pacific GP38-2 is so clean that, at first glance, it appears to be an unweathered model. But even a clean unit has a little dirt, as e... (more)