Union Pacific applied EMD turbochargers to a lot of their GP9's to get 2000 horsepower out of them. Here is one such unit that got that upgrade. Unfortunately, almost a year later this unit was de... (more)

Union Pacific purchased the four ALCO RS27 demos. Here is the entire roster on a freight at Perkins. The RS27's were off the roster by 1970. A short life for impressive locomotives.

A C&O train consisting of GP7's and 9's pulls a coal train through the Allegheny mountains of West Virginia. Photo by R. Malinoski.

Three B&O RSD-7's sit in the Proviso Yard of the Chicago and Northwestern after bringing in a transfer freight.

One of two RS1325's built. Both for C&IM. Interestingly, the railroad was never built to Chicago.

Meeting Of The MACH's. #2119 (right), a Grayslake flip, has just arrived in the siding at Grayslake as inbound train #2140 (left) approaches its station stop. 2119 will turn into 2142 to Ch... (more)

Daily Waycross-Moncrief turn....with...the debut of 4720 on the road. Was a bit surprised it wasn't leading, or turned north, but that was evidently the plan since it would be dropped at the loco... (more)

Georgia Northeastern GP9 #6576 was forced to double the hill out of Talking Rock due to the slick rail. The 60 year EMD veteran sounded good battling the hill with just the three hoppers of crushe... (more)

Meet Your Replacement. On the afternoon of November 29, 2024, the first new span (left) to arrive at the Hackensack River was in place for the new Portal North Bridge project in Kearny, New... (more)

With an RS18U and GP9U as the power, an Ontario Southland Railway local arrives in Putnam, Ontario and prepares to work the Sylvite Agri-Services complex. The crew will spot most of their train he... (more)

Portal By Hoboken. Early on the morning of Thursday, January 16, 2025, the second span of the Amtrak Portal North Bridge floated down the Hudson River on the way to Kearny, New Jersey. The ... (more)

Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 & SD40 #3170 bring a NS '21st Century Steam' excursion by the south end of the siding at Wytheville after a meet with a northbound manifest

The U791 is stopped at m.p. 59 on the CN Iron Range sub as U788 approaches on the siding which will stop briefly to allow a student engineer to get off then climb on the southbound loads for the t... (more)

The red signals in a snowstorm forecast the BNSF Provo train, which is still deep in the Moffat Tunnel as it heads towards the east portal.

DPR-1 swings its empty train around one of the s curves along Desperado Road. These guys were in for a quick day as they only had one round trip planned. For anyone that wants to feel like a rally... (more)