That "other" UP 4-8-4, No. 833, on display at Ogden alonside a UP DD40AX.

On the Former Milwaukee The Friends of the 261's E9A No. 32A is pulling up to the cheese factory in rural Bongards, Minnesota, with the "Gourmet Express" excursion train. This wa... (more)

D&RGW 346 pauses for water at No Agua tank. Unlike many static museums, the Colorado Railroad Museum has the feel of a real Colorado narrow gauge railroad.

From Australia, through NREX, the Minnesota Commercial purchased this GE C36-7, the former Hamersley Iron No. 5059. It was pressed into service still in its Hamersley green paint, but by the nex... (more)

FP9 6540 rolls through Iowa cornfields on its way to Wolf with the lunch train out of Boone.

V&T's Empire shines with all her glory at the California State Railroad Museum. I've tried many times to get a good photo of this locomotive (the interior of the museum is very dark). Thanks to ... (more)

Iowa Traction 54 crosses South Eisenhower Ave heading for Clear Lake Junction.

One of the nicest outdoor railroad displays I've ever encountered is this exhibit in Mendota, Illinois. Burlington Route 4978 is in great condition, and appears ready to highball out of town. No... (more)

Running through a driving snowstorm just west of Paynesville, Minnesota.

White Christmas guaranteed for the Twin Cities! Amidst a major winter storm, a set of way freight power heading for the roundhouse waits in the clear for another Soo 4400 to pass with the nightly... (more)

Two Dakota Southern high-hood SDs stored out of service at Chamberlain. No. 522 is the former Milwaukee Road 2222, built in 1953.

At the first hint of dawn, Canadian Pacific 4614 and a sister unit have just arrived back at the yard after taking the Ford Hauler up to the Ford Plant, while the Shakopee power - a pair of former... (more)

Inside the cab of C&O 614, currently on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA, is an interesting mix of old and new technology (note the 26L brake stand and the MU contro... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 No. 244 rolls across Bass Point Creek in the beautiful Des Moines River Valley.

Inside the cab of 60000. Only the pressure gauge is fake (it is used during the "test run"). Note the two large cylinders coming out of the top of the backhead - part of the water tube firebox ... (more)