C&IM RS1325 #31, one of only two build, sits at Springfield, IL. 6/12/1991

One of a kind locomotive 6000 HP GM6C, Conrail 1975, with TV-22, comes off the Columbia Port Deposit Road, on to the NEC at Perryville, MD. 9/23/1978

The first emissions-friendly locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program have been released for road testing by Norfolk Southern from its Jun... (more)

New York Container Terminal Rail shows off their brand new Genset switcher; a Process Locomotive (CLCX) PL1500-4RS, while running lite to pick up some empty cars from Arlington Yard. This engine i... (more)

One of the two Electro-Motive Division RS1325’s ever produced lies derailed in Pekin, Illinois on Friday, March 28, 2014. Illinois & Midland Railroad # 30, built in the fall of 1960 for Chicag... (more)

A Davenport 390-hp Cooper-Bessemer 45-toner --- only nine of them ever built for the U.S. Army in 1942. All of them wound up in private service as this No. 503 working for Texas Construction Mat... (more)

Photo taken by Glen Fisher, my father-in-law. He is is a railway consultant and was involved in the BC Rail Tumbler Ridge electrification during the early 1980s. Here is a roster shot of BCOL 6006... (more)

An old Alco S2 or S4 converted to a remote slug works Red Ash Coals load out at Litwar W.Va.

5 Utah Railway units, (3 MK5000C's and 2 SD50's)lead a empty Intermountain Power coal empty towards the Wildcat loadout near Helper, UT on 10/2/13.

A truly unique machine, the Haysi 1. A former Clinchfield B-unit that was modified for radio control and was fitted with a control stand inside the unit, and taking it a step further on the unique... (more)

Canadian National's new United Aircraft Turbo-Trains flashes by almost silently. Although loved by many, these trains were plagued by mechanical problems and were withdrawn from service for the f... (more)

A rare 1913 GE diesel electric owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum was used to haul tourists on Duluth's Lake Superior & Mississippi line in 1981. This locomotive was originally used on t... (more)

This is a combination of a Conrail slug # 1020 and an Indiana Harbor Belt SW1500. A unique find in rural Va.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Archives: Santa Fe's #1, part of the "One Spot Twins," is in charge of a westbound Super Chief as it makes a station stop at Ft. Madison.