Resting between assignments.

The Mikado, not the Berk. Forget about the NKP, the older Mikado type (2-8-2) locomotive 765 was built by Baldwin for the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in 1929, predating its later numbered cous... (more)

Repurposing a landmark. The former New York Central Railroad power plants in Glenwood near Yonkers, New York has sat dormant for decades. Built in 1907 as part of the electrification of the railro... (more)

Pacific Transportation Services was a Tacoma, WA, locomotive dealer that owned this Fairbanks-Morse H10-44, parked along the Tacoma waterfront back in 1982. PTS 122 was built for the log-hauling C... (more)

The Central Wisconsin Railroad was a fairly short-lived operation that in 1980 took over Milwaukee Road trackage west from Waukesha, WI, to Milton Junction and later expanded. Most of its diesel f... (more)

Built as CB&Q 9977 in 53', IPH 101 still rocks its former Illinois Central paint in November of 2018 at Kokomo, Ind. while being leased by the Indiana Transportation Museum. As the locmotive idles... (more)

A trio of Lehigh Valley Century 420s await their next job at Oak Island Yard in Newark, NJ. The generally grubby appearance of these Alcos was unfortunately typical at the time... their original g... (more)

Flags units. Union Pacific Railroad 1943 (Veterans Tribute, SD70AH) 9082 (Flag Units, SD70AH) we’re heading back to Norfolk Southern Corp Croxton Yard on Saturday, June 2, 2018 as they pass the fo... (more)

Original EL. Before Norfolk Southern repainted its younger cousin, The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, undertook a cosmetic restoration of former Erie Lackawanna SD45 360... (more)

NIRC 3 shoves a work train over the Cal Sag Canal at Palos Heights.

Harmon-ized. The display of engines in front of the MTA Metro-North Railroad Locomotive Shop on the evening of Sunday, May 17, 2020 was arranged as if for a photo shoot. BL20GH 115 and GP35R 103 s... (more)

Coordination is important. Amtrak 704 (Phase III, P32AC-DM) and 10001 (Phase III, Beech Grove) had a momentary meet at the yard in Albany-Rensselaer on the afternoon of August 10, 2016. The "... (more)

Cold at Cold Storage. On the frigid night of November 25, 2019, former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad SW-1 (211) now numbered as 8411 sits Chambersburg Cold Storage in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It se... (more)

Model railroaders will appreciate the authentic "weathering" on this locomotive! EMD re-engined RS3M 9981 posed at Conrail's engine terminal in Hartford, CT. It's on home rails, having b... (more)

Boston & Maine GP9 1734 poses at the back door of the Boston Engine Terminal shop before making its next run west to Mechanicville, NY. By this time the handsome "Bluebird" paint scheme ... (more)