C&O For Progress!

The second of two heritage schemed locomotives to be released by the CSX Huntington Locomotive Shops has escaped the paint booth and awaits finishing touches for pi... (more)

Fresh out of the paint shop and resplendent in its bright new coat of Pinsly red, Pioneer Valley SW1 27 poses at the railroad's Westfield, MA, headquarters a few days after the line's July 1982 st... (more)

TVRM`s freshly restored Southern GP38-2 # 5000 at Chattanooga , Tn

Freshly painted UP 1996 sits on the ready tracks outside of NRE Locomotive shops at Mount Vernon, IL. UP 2001, UP 2002 & UP 1989 were also on the property during my visit.

After over four years in the works, the Greenville and Western Railway has a GP30 in company colors! Also, this is my 100th photo on RP.NET, so why not introduce the world to this beauty?

Serve The South Only lacking the nose herald on both ends of the locomotive, and the Southern Rwy 5000L is completed, and ready to be put into revenue service. Southern 5000L was ... (more)

Serve The South Only lacking the nose herald on both ends of the locomotive, and the Southern Rwy 5000L is completed, and ready to be put into revenue service. Southern 5000L was ... (more)

Fresh Paint
A freshly-outshopped DC to AC conversion unit leads a train south out of Enola Yard.

Arizona Eastern E8 No. 6070 was freshly painted for excursion service in a short-lived Southern Pacific-style Black Widow paint scheme as seen at Globe, Arizona, on March 28, 2010.

CSX's "Franklin M. Garrett" GP38-2 shoves the Southern 542 into the newly renovated back shop at Spencer in preparation for a night photo shoot later that evening.

Circus staff are enjoying the last few hours of circus train travel, as the RBBB Red Unit train heads for its last-ever show in Providence, RI. This train came over from Hartford, CT via Connectic... (more)

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

The freshly repainted Katy heritage unit sits in Katy TX waiting for the weekends Katy Historical Society convention.

The former Providence & Worcester B40-8W 582 has emerged from its exterior/cab rehabilitation and painting to become PWRZ 4007 in fresh Genesee & Wyoming corporate colors. The unit is seen posed ... (more)