Metra 501 , Westbound at CP Morgan in downtown Chicago Illinois. This leader is one of the new SD70MACH units that METRA purchased recently.

Retired Power Pack. LI 3100 (né-WM 304, FA-2, 1/1951) had already been retired, but after conversion served as a cabless HEP generator/power pack. During an Electric Railroaders Associatio... (more)

Usually there is no way to beat the USG train from Plaster City to Ocotillo Wells (at least that's my experience). I suppose you might do it with a dune buggy of some sort, running along the ROW t... (more)

The did exist in CSX if only for the life of a fruit fly. L&N was the original buyer. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

When Rice Yard was built SCL, by then under the Family Lines umbrella, decided to crank out special yard units rebuilt from SD35s & SDP35s.. The downgrade even involved replacing the prime mover ... (more)

The morning mine train is getting ready to depart from Plaster City as DL535E pulls up to make a hook with the empty cars. Had to get a shot with a little bit of Alco (or MLW) smoke.

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

A pair of Super 7's lead the Ohio Central's ZVL-1 local as it emerges out of the Cambridge Tunnel and crosses over Wills Creek as it arrives in Cambridge, Ohio. The crew would switch out cars in t... (more)

These two ALCOs have been returned from the East Stroudsburg area. Spending the past year (?) marooned due to a massive washout of the main. Repairs completed and RS-32 and RS-11 came up on yester... (more)

Genesee And Wyoming’s First Diesel. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Railroad 20 is a General Electric 80 ton centercab locomotive, and was the first diesel-electric locomotive owned by the New Yor... (more)

With the wash out repair completed, Delaware Lackawanna RS-32 and Depew Lancaster & Western RS-11, having been marooned in the East Stroudsburg area return to Green Ridge after about a year. They... (more)

Georgia Central L781 enters into Vidalia Georgia as they round the curve with purple flowers blooming just in time for Easter

Metra 512 , Westbound at the Union Pacific Western Ave. tower in Chicago Illinois. This leader is one of the new SD70MACH units that METRA purchased recently.

A pair of Delmarva Central MP15s await their next assignment at Harrington.

Whole Lotta Blue PSU 2020, Penn State's donated SD60I sits in its new resting place outside the Railroaders Museum roundhouse. Looming overhead is a preserved PRR position light tower dona... (more)