Employees at the Locomotives Specialist facility watch a westbound CSX coal train roll past as they move around a couple of switch engines. USSC 202 is moving LOSX148 into the shop so that it can... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin Locomotive Works, and would give our father different builder's cards when he would see him. Today I found out that my ... (more)

The cab of Ohio Central 7133, and two former Conrail units wearing Ohio Central numbers 7131 and 7137, spend a quiet evening at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility. These three engines were f... (more)

The brakeman has grabbed the rear end device of their train and prepares to climb aboard the A&M 72 as they head back to the diesel service shops in Springdale.

With the rails well greased, the Big Boy slowly backs around the north leg of the Van Buren wye in North Little Rock, and shows the articulation of the locomotive.

The Saturday before Easter, 42 years ago, my father asked the Belen yardmaster if we could take some photos around the diesel service area. A short time later we were thrilled to be in the cab of... (more)

A couple of Florida East Coast Railway crews members take a much needed rest while watching their co-workers continue to clean up the derailment of train 226 at the north end of the Pineda siding.... (more)

Five Southern Pacific Flangers and Cotton Belt 86 bring up the rear of a westbound manifest train entering the SP Roseville Yard.

A old and dirty Rio Grande SD-45 5336 leads a westbound Union Pacific coal train down Cajon Pass towards San Bernardino.

This is another example of a beautiful Northern built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the RF&P, number 610, the Governor Fitzhugh Lee. The order was for six locomotives, 607 - 612. I noticed... (more)

A Harsco TS-30 HD Track Stabilizer and Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper are tied down on a spur track next to the Florida East Coast Railway's Palm Bay siding. These two Harsco machines are being used... (more)

Florida East Coast 714, the first engine to receive the current Champions paint scheme back in 2012, sits at the New Smyrna Beach diesel repair shops. Inside the building, a gathering of employee... (more)

BNSF crews look at the result of a sideswipe wreck at Tehachapi Summit.

When I climbed on top of this hill, I saw for the first time the Santa Fe derailment that happened just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass, and at first glance it looked like it was from an HO mod... (more)

Old and weathered Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt box cars are now used for storage on a ranch east of Melrose, New Mexico.