UP 8430 and UP 5058 sit outside the North Little Rock Jenks Shops, waiting to be taken back into the shops for more engine work.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

SP 6763 is not looking too good as it sits with other stored engines in the Los Angeles J-Yard. Note the backwards "3" and the numbers are missing in the other number board. There were over 50 U2... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

SP 9345 and SP 9282 sit next to BN 3427, BN 3433 and Weyerhaeuser Wood RR 306 at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. The variety of locomotive models and railroads is amaz... (more)

Old traction motors and new wheel sets are stored at the PowerRail Locomotive Services facility, where they will eventually be refurbished for use on future locomotives. The crane in the backgroun... (more)

Something that looks like it belongs under the microscope from a biological plague covers the abandoned and old Atlantic Coast Line track. This track is located in the former McCoy Air Force Base... (more)

A Seaboard caboose is a long way from home as it sits on the spur track to the Marine Corps Logistics Base near the Union Pacific Yermo Yard. The caboose was one of three Seaboards - Family Lines... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 puts on an impressive display as it does a photo runby. This was the infamous trip in which the coal burning 3985 set a lot of brush fires, which led the Union Pacific to change... (more)

Almost 39 years ago to the day, Union Pacific 8444 slowly works around a wye under the watchful eye of the crew. The clothes and hairstyles have changed over the years, and UP 8444 is now UP 844, ... (more)

An aerial view of the Santa Fe diesel locomotive repair shops on the east end of Barstow yard.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and would give our father different builder's cards when he would see him. Here is one Uncle Rod helped to design, a 4... (more)

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road SD40-2s MILW 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 through Sullivan's Curve on Cajon Pass.

Close encounter! FEC 427 was racing north through the siding at Gifford when this FEC track maintenance truck on the main line suddenly appeared in my camera viewfinder.

This side view shows how massive the red Schnabel Car WECX 800 is as it sits in the Port Terminal yard near historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina.