Rays of light bathe Nevada Northern No. 40 as it waits for its inspection to be completed.

Big Pink is in the shop to have the GVT paint scheme applied. The frenched ditchlights, a feature I always liked, are gone. Also, gone, and good riddance, will be the pink and grey. What was MLW... (more)

Workers replace the draft gear of Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 5339 at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015.

Shop Tour The Wilmington Shops will be open for tour this coming Saturday for those riding the AEM-7 Farewell excursion.

Look ma, no wheels! 602 is in for some work and placed on stands with trucks removed.

During memorial day weekend, The 111 year old 1905 Rogers built L&N 152 sits in KRM's shop undergoing restoration. To learn more visit: http://kyrail.org/crew-152.asp

Not me! The one Amtrak AEM-7 that has been preserved in full (at least so far) is prepped for departure to The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

In the dark bowels of the Teheran locomotive shops

Inside the historic old Union Pacific steam backshop in Cheyenne, home base for Union Pacific's steam fleet, work is underway on returning UP FEF-3 #844 to service.

Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 4141 sits in the main shop building for minor work at UP’s Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. The day before, the locomotive was given a fresh co... (more)

A welder puts some elbow grease into it as he grinds fresh welds on repairs to the nose of Union Pacific SD40-2 No. 3071 at the Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 201... (more)

Safely inside the shop at Rusk, Magma Arizona Railroad #7, formerly known as Texas State Railroad #400 and Tremont & Gulf Railway #30, receives some needed TLC before the 2016 steam season. Shop ... (more)

Former Reading T-1 #2102 at Port Clinton. The big Northern seen here undergoing disassembly in the Port Clinton Engine House is none other than former Reading Company T-1 #2102. Originally... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 awaits its return to hopeful service one day.