BPRR leads SIRI out of Salamanca yard.

Mountain Monsters: As an Alco fan, few things compare to hunting the big Centuries. Alas, they are far rarer these days than they have ever been. The one place where you know you will encou... (more)

NYA 155 and 159, RS 301 lined and locked for the day.

Nevada Northern 81 pulls its freight train through the East Ely Yard in the snow with its cylinder cocks open.

YSPBN pulls into East Minneapolis with two SD40Ns and an SD60M for power. Once an important yard for the C&NW, East Minneapolis' footprint and role has been greatly reduced over the years. Althoug... (more)

"Conveying Retirement"

As the sunlight fades away on February 3rd, 2024, Amtrak MP15DC 537 sits coupled to a cut of retired MFS-40 Conveyor Hopper cars at Cedar Hill Yard in... (more)

PA and PA in PA: An N-scale NKP PA poses next to the real thing at Steamtown.

BNSF 9650 in the 'Executive' paint scheme holds lead unit in this consist of classic BNSF and novelty EMD power bringing train H-PASEVE into Tacoma, as it meets grain shuttle operations at the Tem... (more)

UP 1826 (SD40N) works the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

The Niles Canyon Railway yard in Brightside, Ca. With it's panoply of engines, one can still feel what it was like to work with one of those horses.

BN 1882 and 1874 sit side by side between assignments at the engine tracks at Tacoma, WA. Both are of NP heritage and feature steam bells on the short hoods, an NP signature.

BN 205 sports a fresh coat of paint at Auburn Yard, Auburn, WA. The SW1200 was built as NP 146 in February 1957, and would survive the BNSF merger becoming BNSF 3540.

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)