These were around for a while looking good and sounding almost as good as the ones with the real 20-cylinder 645s under the hood. I keep waiting for somebody to do an SD30. After all, parts is ju... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local departs Trident, Montana, on September 21, 2008. In the background on the other side of the Missouri River is the empty, abandoned grade of Milwaukee Road’s Pacif... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's #491 (2-8-2) gets backed into the roundhouse after spinning on the turntable.

Ex-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

After departing Los Angeles, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, arrived at its first stop, Fullerton, 20 minutes behind schedule. But this allowed the setting sun, which had be... (more)

Just after having a crew change in Waycross. The Family Lines System heritage unit on B631 is waiting for a signal to continue south as CSX 324 on the head of a northbound parks beside the 1972 ge... (more)

Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)

My, what big radiators you have
With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)

The Ge 4/4 II # 611 "Landquart" of the Rhaetian Railway with 1700 Kw and a maximum speed of 90 km/h was delivered on June 30, 1973 as the first of its series by SLM and BBC, was green with chrome ... (more)

With both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units leading, 12Z pauses for a quick moment on the bridge while a motorboat races by the scene. The conductor may or may not have used this as a... (more)

BNSF 1826 (SD40-2 in old school paint) sits in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Springtime lilacs are blooming in a roadside park as a southbound BNSF coal train passes an old water tank that once filled CB&Q steam locomotives with water at Gurley, Nebraska, on May 23, 2014.

In the mountains East of Yellowstone, you can find a lot of things, but BNSF's Casper Subdivision is a unique run through some of the most scenic territory Wyoming can offer. From Wind River Canyo... (more)

2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)