Union Pacific's Marlboro Local, powered by GP40P-2 1375 and GP60 1083, switches tank cars full of polyol at FXI, which manufactures foam mattresses. (Orange, California – February 7, 202... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad's latest locomotive paint scheme has, in my opinion (and I know you all care about my opinion!), one major flaw: The railroad has decided to eliminate the elegant &q... (more)

Wearing the Union Pacific Railroad's latest locomotive paint scheme (with a smaller American flag, relocated to the side of the nose, a large roadname where the flag used to be, no more lightning ... (more)

The Old Saybrook Station's signs are jumping the gun a bit, as it is not actually "boarding" time for the two CDOT Shoreline trains, as Amtrak Acela Express 2153, speeding ... (more)

Amtrak train 56, the northbound Vermonter, departed Washington DC in the morning behind AMTK ACS-64 652 pulling six cars (for those keeping score at home: AMTK 82531, 82748, 82691, 82782, ... (more)

Fortunately, Amtrak GP38 723, getting some TLC in the carrier's Wilmington Maintenance Facility, has retained its builder's plate for the last 52½ years, providing easy access to its heritage. B... (more)

Still looking like a "Hippo" (the nickname acquired by these locomotives) is Amtrak 90691. Built by Bombardier/Alstom in December 2000 as Amtrak HHP-8 661, it was renumbered AMTK 691 when these p... (more)

On January 30, 2023, President Joe Biden appeared in Baltimore MD to discuss a new tunnel project for Amtrak’s busy Northeast Corridor, which will replace an ancient and outdated tunnel. Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak Train 95, a southbound Northeast Direct train heading from Boston MA to Norfolk VA, is 11 minutes late as it approaches the station in Old Saybrook CT amid some morning snow flurries... (more)

A train of empty ethanol tank cars, BNSF X-WATABE7-26, snakes through the crossover as it moves from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction. Symboled as an empty Unit grain train (because ethan... (more)

On my second day in Alabama, we visited the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which had two General Electric locomotives parked in an accessible spot. And it was here that I finally... (more)

Now relegated to local service and awaiting its next assignment, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway GP60M 106 is the former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 106, built in May 1990. This locomotive is... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway Dash 9-40CW 9451, built by General Electric in March 2000, sits at the northern end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard between assignments. (Compton, California – May 29, ... (more)

In the warm afternoon glow of a January day (therefore, about 4:45 pm), a Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart westbound from the City of Industry Yard on the Basin District's Los ... (more)

The conductor of Union Pacific train LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local, waves to students walking to the Olive Street Elementary School as the train rolls at 5 miles-per-hour down the center of ... (more)