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.

GE and EMD Locomotives pause on the diesel service tracks at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

DGVR 5940 sits in the DGVR yard in Staunton awaiting orders as the sun sets.

DGVR 6512 idles on the house track while PNLX 7471 sits next to it.

One of the Joint Lines 'rescue motors", BNSF 9026, sits idle in the spur track of Spruce with a pair of bad order coal cars coupled behind it. Normally, a lone BNSF locomotive waits in the sp... (more)

All three railroads that were consolidated into Chessie System being represented by separate locomotives in the Shenandoah Valley Railroad yard. While 6512 and 5940 are owned by DGVR which operate... (more)

The amount of indoor track space inside the cavernous main shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is impressive. On the northeast side of the shop facing t... (more)

On May 18, 2015, Union Pacific GE ES44AC No. 5401 gets repainted and lettered at the railroad’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Gary Dunlap, a carman by trade, is applying ... (more)