Their servicing complete, four of the Rio Grande's 2-8-2 K-36 locomotives await their next call to duty at the Durango roundhouse. These days, however, the majority of their duties involve hauling... (more)

Welcome to Omaha. The first thing you see after crossing the Missouri River in Nebraska on Interstate 80 is this display on the hill above the highway. Union Pacific Big Boy 4023 and Centen... (more)

Gotta love the "Do Not Board" stencils even though the locomotive has no front steps. Note the new trucks NS is adding to the C40-9Ws to give them better tractive effort.

Plenty of power is gathered around the fuel racks at the North Platte Diesel Facility as the yard lights begin to fight the encroaching darkness. Even though night has fallen, Bailey Yard never st... (more)

The beast of Steamtown's collection, Union Pacific Big Boy 4012, basks in the morning light.

She's gonna need a new shirt. If you didn't know you were in Tiger country at TrainFestival 2009, there were plenty of blue and orange reminders, like this girl wearing a Curtis Granderson ... (more)

UP 7236 leads a loaded coal train eastward through Bailey Yard, surrounded by standard cab EMDs, including snoot-nosed SD40-2R 3310, SD40-2R 3691, ex-CNW UPY SD38-2 808, CEFX SD40-2 2811, and UP S... (more)

Mount Washington 10 Kroflite begins its abbreviated winter journey up the mountain as it digs into the first incline, right outside Marshfield station. Note the open firebox door and the silhouett... (more)

Extra 1225 West speeds across the Michigan countryside as the sun rises at the start of what would be a sunny, but cold, February day. This was the first runby of a long weekend on Historic Transp... (more)

Two GG1s spend their retirement sitting on a siding between the D&H main and Route 7 in the tiny village of Cooperstown Jct. Hopefully, they will eventually be part of a museum near here. Note the... (more)

Hitchin' a ride after work. After a long day on one of New York Central's premier passenger trains, this conductor gets a ride home from his buddy and two girl friends while unique NYC E8A ... (more)

"SA31 to the South Jersey dispatcher..." NS 5284 was delayed for a few hours on its journey from Browns Yard in Sayreville to Freehold by this fallen tree just west of MP 8 and the Schoolho... (more)

Over 150 years old, B&O 25, The William Mason, can still put on a show, as it did last year passing the passenger car shops during the B&O Railroad Museum's Steam Days.

The smallest engine at Steamtown, Bullard Company 0-4-0T 2, and the biggest, Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 4012, have accumulated a coating of snow during the season's first big storm, on Saturd... (more)

A matching set. NS 8099, one of the 20 heritage units on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, slides past a matching E8A, Southern 6900.