Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4609 gets “sandblasted” and cleaned during prepping for a new paint job in the paint shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18,... (more)

A quartet of EMD SD40-2s power an eastbound Union Pacific freight at Hermosa on UP’s route over Sherman Hill in Wyoming in July 1984. The train is entering a cut that leads to the twin bores of ... (more)

Fifty years ago, May of 1968, SP ALCO Hydraulic #9151 led a Pacific Locomotive Association "Truckee Limited" from Oakland to Truckee and back. Held outside of Sacramento on the return tr... (more)

American Motive Power Inc. had a Trackmobile and their home constructed shop switcher, constructed from a variety of locomotive parts that were on hand, completing what they jokingly call a SW10.5... (more)

Tthis coal train had alot problems climbing the .40% grade out of the Mississippi River Valley between Gladstone and Kirkwood. Eventually the train stalled here at Kirkwood and the crew is now out... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6704 is at the railroad’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility for an overhaul, with the new prime mover arriving from the staging area in the shop on September 14, 20... (more)

Union Pacific autorack ETTX No. 800477 and CNW covered hopper No. 490441 getting some finishing touches completed at the railroad’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, on September 28, 2011. The auto... (more)

QNS&L SD70ACe 501: Engineer's view of the northbound mainline, waiting for a meet at Nicman, Quebec mile 36.2

A bad order traction motor is changed out on Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6300 at the railroad’s locomotive shop in South Morrill, Nebraska, on September 14, 2017. Alan Ford writes up what is w... (more)

Amtrak 68 the "Adirondack" had mechanical problems with the dash8 514 requiring a special move to bring an extra locomotive and coach from Albany to Montreal. Here is 68 passing through ... (more)

Bidding Farewell to 1954 Built Budd's, From a 1956-built Budd. It was a humbling moment as I snapped this picture - standing in the dome of the 1956-built, ex-CBQ dome car "Silver Splendor... (more)

Ordered by the French Military for use in World War 1,this loco was supplied by Baldwin in 1916.Following the ceasefire in 1918,she was sold to the Ryam Sugar Works,Bihar,India,where she worked fo... (more)

Riding to a switch
Brakeman A.J. “Allen” Sillitoe rides the steps of Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 to the next switch while setting out dirt train cars at Wash, Utah, on October 25... (more)

The 16-cylinder 7FDL16 from Union Pacific GE AC4400CW 6704 sits on the shop floor after removal from the locomotive. It pretty obvious which cylinder or two had a defect or problem as much of it i... (more)

Northwestern Steel and Wire #74 was built at Grand Trunk Western 8374 in 1929, was sold to NWS&L in 1960, and is seen here working the mill in 1978. Steam operations ended in December 1980 and the... (more)