A pink coal hopper?
Yes, Union Electric Company/Ameren has UCEX No. 2014 painted pink to support breast cancer awareness in its coal-hauling fleet of hoppers. On July 3, 2016, “On Tra... (more)

Two men from the mechanical department of the Copper Basin Railway work on EMD GP39-2 No. 502 at Hayden, Arizona, on April 20, 2017. This former Kennecott Copper locomotive is having its 360 day (... (more)

Ghost in the night
Chicago & North Western Alco C628 sits under a ghostly coaling tower on a foggy night in Escanaba, Michigan, in October 1984.

The winter of 2008-2009 at the Conway Scenic provided an opportunity to overhaul some key components on 573.

Crew members fire up ex-BM 4266 in preparation for switching passenger cars within yard limits at North Conway.

One of the twelve ex-Conrail SD60s in active service and one of three in that series in Thoroughbred paint rests with an ex-Burlington Northern SD40-2 on track 1 in Gainesville. The large Pilgrim'... (more)

An Arrow III EMU set lies in Summit Yard waiting for a return trip east to Hoboken Terminal. The diesel engine, NJT 1001 (MP20B-3), is working as NJT WD41. WD41 acts as both an equipment move to... (more)

Barstow, California? Argentine, Kansas?
Nope… North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. During this era on Wisconsin Central, untouched 3,600 h.p. locomotives from the Santa Fe were common. WC ac... (more)

Mid America Rail Car Leasing (MRLX) EMD FP9 painted in classy Southern Pacific black widow colors rests in the small yard at Marshall, Washington, on May 15, 2010, while working for Washington & I... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis No. 70579 was built in June of 1937 as a two-bay covered hopper “serving the cement industry.” Even though it had its roof removed in later years when converted to a ba... (more)

Reflected crisply by a trackside puddle, power lies dormant for the weekend at the small yard in Radford.

Gary Dunlap, a carman by trade, carefully applies the winged nose logo to UP GE ES44AC No. 5401 during the painting process in the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Li... (more)

Heritage Unit Reflection - The Daily Browns yard supply train from Oak Island yard Newark has just arrived (in the distance) with the locomotives now separated and parked in the foregrou... (more)

On August 10, 1986, the locomotive facility and shop area of Belt Railway of Chicago’s Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Illinois, hosts a large number of locomotives, mostly home-road and Seaboard... (more)

Port Of Tucson engine 2210 getting tied down for the day