Unusual Loco, Unusual Angle: During a brief moment while equipment was being moved around the B&O roundhouse, this normally-obstructed broadside view of B&O "Camel" No. 305 became... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

Penn Central Day. February 1, 1968 is a notable day in railroad history, as the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads merged to form the “Pennsylvania New York Central Transportatio... (more)

B&O Unlocked. The B&O Railroad Museum is running a year long program in 2024 to allow visitors to go inside of a different piece of equipment each month on select days. In January it was fo... (more)

60th anniversary of M61 NOHAB

Conversation at the locomotive depot.

Here is a view of the shorthand, rear of BN 1540, coupled to a vintage tank car used in maintenance service to carry water. They are enjoying light snow at the former GN Belknap Yard in Superior t... (more)

BN 1540, a former GN GP7 that made it to the merger in its original colors, hangs out in light snow at Belknap Yard in Superior, WI. The former GN yard was an important terminal for BN and is stil... (more)

The SD7/SD9 fleet of the Great Northern which dominated the Missable Division is being invaded by newer EMD SDs in the form of SD40s & 40-2s by 1975. BN 6009 is one of several seen at the Belknap ... (more)

Waiting for the turntable.

GWR 5080 'Defiant'

Victorian T class locomotives belonging to West Coast Railway, Great Northern and the SRHC huddle around the turntable at South Dynon.

Snowy Night On The Erie. A day long snowfall on December 29, 2012 blanketed the northeast. At the yard in Port Jervis, New York, former Erie Railroad EMD E8 833 sits on the Erie Turntable. ... (more)

Overview of Maintenance Facilities with some AC44i locomotives and a GE Dash-9 in the Roundhouse.

BN 3024, former CB&Q 624, sits at the former GN Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The unit has had its Mars light removed which was becoming pretty common for former Burlington power by ... (more)