Built in August 1979 as SCL 7039, this unique unit was rebuilt from a C30-7 into a GE RCPHG6 and renumbered CSX 9303 for remote control service. On the way to Chicago we made a stop at Cleveland's... (more)

A pair of SD70M-2s lead a 224 car coal train west towards Jasper on a gorgeous afternoon in the Rockies.

The local job rolls through downtown Auburn with a GP9 sandwiched between two transfer cabooses leading several cars. It appears as though the cabeese are used as shoving platforms for remote con... (more)

Remote controlled GP38-2 510 drills the always busy Bowden Yard. FEC has always been an innovative company using remote controlled switchers long before it became the norm for others.

Newly built locomotive BRM001 sits outside the paint booth for publicity photos at the SSR North Bendigo workshops. The owners are Consolidated Rail Leasing, a new leasing company in Australia

Illinois Central 6071, the first EMD SD40 ever built, is on display as the "IC 6071 Exhibit" at the Monticello Railway Museum's yearly "Railroad Days" event on September 22, 2012. The unit started... (more)

In Sept. 1987 the British Columbia Railway ran its first system-wide excursion covering every mile of track with three RDC cars. On Sept. 15 they crossed Pine Creek bridge at M.P. 16.7 on the re... (more)

MRL "Montana Rockies Daylight" eastbound is descending Bozeman Pass, Mont. into Livingston on the old Northern Pacific. In charge of the train is MRL's two unique SD-19's, 652 and 651, rated at ... (more)

While on vacation, driving toward the narrow gauge Mecca of Colorado, we stumbled across this oddball Rio Grande local departing Soldier Summit, bound for Helper. Go Rock Island!

The only reason I fished this one out is how many viewers have ever seen the top of a UP "Big Blow" Turbine where all that noise came from. (They were eventually outlawed from running in Sou. Ca... (more)

A Brandt Road-Transferable Locomotive (RTL) in maintenance of way service, takes a break for the weekend in Union Pacific's Echo Yard. Brandt is a Canadian company that converts semi trucks into d... (more)

Hoppers get loaded on a side track in CSX's yard just outside of Prince, West Virginia.

An old Sante Fe hopper seems to have derailed and found a new home at the same time. Note the other hopper that is now part of the facility.

Railroad: Renfe Locomotive: Track car (1940) Location: Vilanova i la Geltru