The boiler is drained of water after removal of the washout plug on Rio Grande C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 at Chama, New Mexico, on the morning of June 6, 2018, after the Consolidation brought a freight tr... (more)

A member of the 315 operating crew wipes down the valve gear of Rio Grande C-18 2-8-0 No. 315 at Chama, New Mexico, on June 6, 2018, after the Consolidation brought a freight train from Antonito t... (more)

3 stages of rebuilds in a line. NS 4095 has just recently started to be rebuilt into a AC44C6M, 4094 behind has had all the work done and will be painted soon, and 4119 was rebuilt at Roanoke and ... (more)

The last light of day on May 4, 2011, is quickly turning to night as a freight train is classified over East Hump at Union Pacific’s sprawling yard at North Platte, Nebraska.

Union Pacific EMD SD38-2 No. Y810 sits outside waiting for the next train to sort, while East Hump Foreman R.C. McKain catches up on “paperwork” on the lower level of East Hump tower at North ... (more)

This diminutive engine is probably the most used at the roundhouse. The ex - New York and Penn Paper diesel built in 1951 is used to move steam engines and rolling stock around the premises. Its s... (more)

Claremont & Concord #18 eases a single box car down the steep grade into Coy Paper to perform a setout.

FEC 413 sits on a spur track near the diesel service area in Bowden Yard. Photo taken with permission.

On a cold winter morning in Boston, the GP9s and RDCs that brought New Haven Railroad commuters in from the suburbs gather at Dover Street Yard in South Boston amid clouds of train heating steam.... (more)

Buried amongst the collection at The Shore Line Trolley Museum/Shore Line Trolley Museum Restoration Shop. in East Haven, CT are many ancient and unique gems that have not seen the light of day in... (more)

Rocky lives!
Rusty and surrounded by faded Big Sky Blue, the famous mascot of Great Northern still survives on GN 50-foot boxcar No. 319499 sitting at the former GN yard in Sandpoint, I... (more)

Nearly a half a century after the demise of the Great Northern Railway, GN 50-foot boxcar No. 319499 sits at the former GN yard in Sandpoint, Idaho, on October 12, 2017. Even though it is rusty an... (more)

This hard-working machine, MBTA 3626, was a side-dump trolley work car used to haul ballast and dirt for track maintenance. It had an incredibly long service life. It was built by the Differential... (more)

"NYAR at DIVIDE Tower" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-41 with MP15AC 151, holds for a couple eastbounds at Divide Tower at Hicksville on the Long Island Railroad Main Line.

A new prime mover is being moved across the shop floor via overhead crane for installation in Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 6704 during an overhaul at UP’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility on S... (more)