Wet Premiere: Remnants from Tropical Storm Ophelia couldn't keep people away from seeing the URHS's spectacular unveiling of their repainted and externally restored U34CH. The locomotive is... (more)

At Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, A welder from the boiler shop (boilermaker by trade) carefully repairs a locomotive snow plow on May 19, 2015. In the bac... (more)

The previous night was quite a doozy for the RS51 crew after an open door dragging on one of the hopper cars. The problem was found on their move west in the town of Farmingdale forcing their trai... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4353 pauses under the protective shed covering the service tracks on the northeast side of the large Downing B Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 201... (more)

It looks like it’ll be a while before Union Pacific EMD GP40 No. 651 is roadworthy again as it sits during a rebuild at the railroad’s Downing B Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on M... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe No. 1996 displays its colorful Daylight colors in its Southern Pacific heritage scheme at the locomotive facility at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011... (more)

There really is a guy that repairs locomotive toilets
Certainly doing a thankless job, a Union Pacific employee at the Diesel Shop in North Platte, Nebraska, repairs a locomotive toilet... (more)

Locomotives really are washed once in a while
A Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC gets a thorough cleaning before heading into the main shop for an overhaul on Track 2 at the east side buildi... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 8046 is in for repair at the east side building at the large Diesel Shop at the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

A Union Pacific machinist works on the prime mover of UP GE C40-8W No. 9481 inside the Diesel Shop at the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

Several Union Pacific locomotives line the tracks of UP’s large North Platte Diesel Shop at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

A work train is seen sitting on the siding on the central branch at Wellwood. Taken from a public crossing.

Rows of Conrail ore jennies provide a backdrop for a gathering of SW1500s at Greenwich yard in South Philadelphia. Ore and coal were once two of the primary commodities handled at this former PRR... (more)

A pair of Metro-North RDCs idle at Suffern station between runs. It seems the second unit needed some attention as a mechanic can be seen crouching near one of the trucks. At the time RDCs were ... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western EMD SD50F No. 5439 and EMD SD40-3 No. 3134 sit inside the railroad’s compact, but capable, locomotive shop in Bismarck, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018.