This is the current state of the fast moving Fire Up 611 campaign. The superheater unit is back in and the boiler has passed its hydrostatic test. As evidenced in this shot, clearly the Southern r... (more)

A newly painted CN 102 sits in the Woodcrest shop undergoing inspection.

Not many places like this anymore.... The cavernous Nevada Northern Engine House in East Ely sits open to the morning light, on a Friday morning in February, as the museum gets ready for t... (more)

156 sits in the shop at South Amana. Taken with permission.

Hidden away in Amtrak's Ivy City shops are brand-new Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) cab car 8058 and coach 8910. These Bombardier-built cars are in the shop for crew familiarization and t... (more)

I spent many years helping out with the restoration of this locomotive, only to see it rotting away now in Pittsburgh. B&LE #643, Hazzelwood, PA. 4/05/1992

Overhaulin for sale .Taken with permission.

Built by then-new EMD (formed by the merger of General Motors' EMC and part of Winton Engine on January 1, 1941) in December 1941, Amtrak SW1 737 is still alive and well 73 years later! Th... (more)

RRPX SSB1200 563 undergoes repairs inside the Morristown locomotive shop. .

Florida East Coast EMD GP40-2 No. 433, in fresh “Retro Blue” paint, rests in the railroad’s New Smyrna Beach Shop with two sisters in the older scheme on January 10, 2015.

NH&I's 2-8-0 #40 sits in the shop on New Year's Eve awaiting 2015 and the completion of major running gear work. A coach undergoing restoration sits to the right while two others (one still in SP... (more)

NS 3219 was originally a high hood unit, but as of early 2014 it was overhauled, and had an Admiral Cab installed. 3219 sits on display during Norfolk Southern's Family Day tour at the Juniata Loc... (more)

Taken during a work session here is 1309 minus front running gear as work had just started on the rebuild. You can get some before rebuild photos by attending a night photo Session by chase Ganoe ... (more)

Several EMD locomotives in the middle of shop time, including two SD70Ms, sit in front of the Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 8, 2014.

Reprofiling wheels. Taken with permission.