In January 2011, the first Amtrak Heritage unit was fresh out of the paint booth. I was part of the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Team and went out to see the livery adaptation I co-designed and discus... (more)

C&O 5833 (without a trace of Hocking Valley ownership) sits among friends overnight. Taken on Hocking Valley property with permission.

Two 150-ton overhead cranes work together at the former Rock Island shop to load a former Santa Fe GP7 wearing Rock Island paint onto a BNSF flatcar. The re-incarnated Rock Island 1275 is going t... (more)

A view inside the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Durango roundhouse on October 15, 2014, sees several locomotives in different states of repair. On the right is 2-8-2 Mikado K-28 No... (more)

Inside the cavernous halls of Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, some repairs to HLCX GP38-2 No. 3837 are taking place on May 18, 2015.

The main shop building at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, has a large group of locomotives in for rebuild and overhaul on May 18, 2015, including UP SD40-2 ... (more)

While visiting NRE in Silvis to inspect Eldon, IA's GP7 purchase, we were allowed to tour the entire ex-Rock Island complex with an escort and proper PPE. CP 4521 and SVGX 8355 are in the shop fo... (more)

While visiting NRE in Silvis to inspect Eldon, IA's GP7 purchase, we were allowed to tour the entire ex-Rock Island complex with an escort and proper PPE. There were several SOO GP38's in for rebu... (more)

The Rock Island depot museum in Eldon, IA has purchased a former Santa Fe GP7 from NRE in Silvis and is having it restored and painted as Rock Island 1275 in the red/yellow scheme with large white... (more)

What a difference a year makes.... You are looking at the inside of the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association's (MSRLHA) Killoran Restoration Shop at the Cass Scenic Rail... (more)

Rio Grande F9A 5771 gets serviced in the road's Burnham Shops in Denver, Colorado, on August 29th, 1973. Rio Grande was one of the few railroads (along with Rock Island and Southern Railway) that... (more)

While one of the most worn and battered AEM-7's on Amtrak's roster, this old workhorse is one of the longest surviving toasters, outliving all of her DC sisters. At the time of this posting she i... (more)

NJ Transit GP40PH-2B 4212 is inside the Morristown & Erie's Morristown shop. Alstom is utilizing a portion of the shop space for the installation of Positive Train Control apparatus on board NJ Tr... (more)

A sneaky peak at the New York City maintenance facility for the Amtrak ACELA trains sets. Yes, it's pretty cool that in my hometown, about 3 miles from my home, the fastest trains in all the Unite... (more)

Electrician Ben Hampson rewires the control stand of former Wisconsin Central No. 3025. The GP40 was acquired by MRL when CEECO (Coast Engine and Equipment Co.) closed in 2009. It sat indoors in L... (more)