Sparks fly! The Cascades-painted NPCU 90230 has left the west coast for some "vacation" time at the Beech Grove locomotive shops, which includes extensive rebuild work.

The Cascades-painted NPCU 90230 has left the west coast for some "vacation" time at the Beech Grove locomotive shops, which includes extensive rebuild work.

The Cascades-painted NPCU 90230 has left the west coast for some "vacation" time at the Beech Grove locomotive shops, which includes extensive rebuild work.

Now wearing Amtrak's "Honoring our Veterans" scheme, NPCU 90221 gets some additional maintenance work done at the Beech Grove locomotive shops.

This past Labor Day, Norfolk Southern held an Open House for friends and family of employees of the Juniata Locomotive Shops. The tour included a look a the backshop, smith shop, and paint shop at... (more)

Under the watchful eyes of shop employees, an EMD 16 710G3C prime mover is carefully lowered onto the frame of Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8382 on May 18, 2015, at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in No... (more)

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.

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.