The NS Geometry train makes it's bi annual appearance. A careful observer will note that the speed stripes are gone from the nose of the 714, something now unique to this motor.

Workers at the South Branch Valley Railroad diesel shop work on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad 8250. Since their engine was down for repairs, the South Branch Valley sent their Chessie B&O 6240... (more)

Taken with permission and proper PPE. Thanks to R&N for their hospitality.

Having dropped off the rocket cars at the small Cape Canaveral yard near Titusville for NASA, FEC 411 leads UP 7382 and UP 7527 north towards New Smyrna Beach. There the locomotives will pick up a... (more)

One of the more bizarre rail incidents I can recall in recent memory occurred in San Pedro yesterday when the PHL daytime Yang Ming Switcher engineer decided to intentionally ram his unit through ... (more)

FEC crews check out two jackknifed doublestack cars that are resting on top of the main line after FEC train 226 north derailed coming out of the north end of the Pineda siding. To the right, anot... (more)

Beside the usual lineup, Union Pacific’s Cheyenne diesel shop has a visitor. It’s the day before a Denver – Laramie excursion, and 4-6-6-4 3985 is having its boiler warmed up by the shop’s... (more)

A first look at Viewliner II Sleeper "Rapidan River" shows off a fresh new interior color palette and furnishings. New trains aren't something that happen too often, and these represent ... (more)

Florida East Coast EMD GP40-2 No. 433, in fresh “Retro Blue” paint, rests in the railroad’s New Smyrna Beach Shop with sister locomotive No. 430 in the older blue scheme on January 10, 2015... (more)

SD40-2 1730's Heritage livery shines in the late afternoon sun arriving at Cochrane Yard leading 213 March 18, 2019.

Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a huge high-altitude (average 7,664 feet above sea level) valley that is approximately 122 miles long and 74 miles wide with some of it used for grazing and growing... (more)

"Student and Teacher": Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino warms up the air pump on N&W M Class #475 as his mentor Engineman Dave Domitrovich, while blowing down Great Western deca... (more)

"Splash"

Among the confines of President's Island, UP 9184 and UPY 940 (the Little Rock Centennial locomotive) await the scrappers torch amid the remains of scrapped rolling stock at Progress Rail Services... (more)