Engineer Sigi at the throttle of "Mikado" 141 R 1244, a canadian built, former french railways 2-8-2 with about 3000 HP and 100 km/h max velocity.

Durango and Silverton Engineer William (Bill) Colley is at the throttle of this excursion. Bill looks over his shoulder at his 11 car train he is pulling up the steepest part of the DSNG Mainline ... (more)

While touring NRE's Silvis facility with an escort and proper PPE, we were allowed to look inside the cab of former Metra E8 516. 516 was built as CNW 5029A and still has the CNW cab signal equip... (more)

"PTC Installation"

NJT 4212 is spending the weekend at the Morristown and Erie's shops as the locomotive undergoes PTC installation. Seen here is the control stand belonging to... (more)

Engineer Steve Lee is at the throttle of Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 No. 3985 as it approaches Tremain, Wyoming, on UP’s Yoder Subdivision, on September 23, 2003.

Engineer Steve Meola sits in the cab of #17. I interviewed Steve as part of an episode of "The Roundhouse" which you can listen to here: http://theroundhousepodcast.com/2015/05/09/stea... (more)

After doing a little bit of college touring at Rochester Institute of Technology, I had made time to visit the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. One will notice the EMD control stand in ... (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)

When looking inside the cab of a Big Boy, one can see how challenging it must be to keep this beast of a steam engine running. The men who ran these monster steam locomotives were certainly a ski... (more)

Inside the cab of DM&IR 2-10-2 No. 506, a "Santa Fe" type originally built for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern. This was the first E-1 class 2-10-2 built for the railroad in 1919, one of... (more)

Inside the cab of the highest-horsepower two-cylinder steam locomotive ever built, Santa Fe 2-10-4 No. 5017, one of 26 built for the road in 1944.

Inside the cab of Doncaster-built A4 Dwight D Eisenhower, displayed at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The KCT will build another 75 car unit scrap train later today, which will leave town as BNSF Train U KCKHKM0 02T with a trio of engines. The ES44C4 was built in February 2014, the newest unit I'... (more)

To raise funds for further preservation efforts the Ferrymead Railway and the Diesel Traction Group ran a very enjoyable, if damp, night photography session. Here the first dark run stands ready f... (more)

Its a cold frosty Night in the Small Town of Altamont as the cab of the SLRS 4212 is all warm inside as this B23-7 still runs strong and still wears its Santa Fe Blue Bonnet Scheme. Serving the S... (more)