Great Western consolidation 60 gave up hauling sugar beets in 1965, and came east to the tourist hauling Black River & Western in New Jersey. The 2-8-0 has now been hauling passengers for over a h... (more)
Being one of two locomotives to get refueled, CSXT #4577 only gets the leftovers. Taking the bulk of fuel available to fill the belly of partner CSXT engine #8502, (receiving 2,000 gallons) the M... (more)
Since hanging around the Roanoke area for over a week now, the two CSX EMDs assigned to work a crosstie train, finally get some fuel after patiently waiting for hours... The crew was relieved to ... (more)
The temperature finally reached 10 degrees F (above zero) as Vermont Rail System's GMRC train #264-16 heads west across Bridge 114 east of Chester, VT. The train is led by half-year-leased GMTX S... (more)
Union Pacific electrician Robert Davis rebuilds a locomotive generator in the general shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 20, 2015. Many skills and crafts g... (more)
At North Little Rock, Arkansas, Union Pacific EMD GP15-1 Y559 sits on Track 6 at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.
The main shop building at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, has a large group of locomotives in for rebuild and overhaul on May 19, 2015, including UP SD40-2s... (more)
The 532 and 145 get some work in the shop.
Colleague and fellow RP contributor Emily Moser photographs Heritage unit #145 in the shops. She insists that the belt and pouch around her waist is NOT a fanny pack. I'm not so sure...
Viewliner II Baggage car with the skirts flipped up, oh my!
Inside the roundhouse at Rockhill, the "Easty" slumbers on.
All is quiet in the Rensselaer shops on the evening of December 3rd, as employees await the arrival of the Toys for Tots train to be inspected.
These individual modules control independent functions of an EMD 38-2 engine and are known as "the brains" to those that work inside the cab. SB11 is the sensor bypass, RC11 the locomot... (more)