Locomotives pull (and sometimes push!) trains, providing the critical horsepower that moves people and tonnage. This section covers the past, present, and future of railroad locomotion.
Locomotives are exceptionally well-covered on outlets like All Things Trains. But it’s not often that mass-market publications like The Wall Street Journal produce in-depth pieces that are focused on any aspect of railroading. Union Pacific #4014, the only operational of the 8 surviving Big Boys has made trains popular again…atRead More →
Union Pacific’s Big Boy had a tremendous week, traveling from its display location in Philadelphia for the 2026 Fourth of July weekend and into the railroad company town of Altoona, PA. Public and private events in the heart of the Pennsylvania Railroad were followed by traversing the famous Horseshoe CurveRead More →
AT&SF Bicentennial-painted EMD SD45-2 #5704 is once again running under her own power for owner Southern California Railroad Museum. In 2021, AT&SF successor BNSF Railway donated the locomotive to SCRM (formerly the Orange Empire Railway Museum), and it was later restored to its famous paint scheme, dating to the mid-1970s,Read More →
CSX Transportation’s America250 GE CM44AH locomotives made their way to Washington, DC on Saturday, June 27th. They led Office Car Special train, symbol P001, which included two of the carrier’s former F40PH units, CSX 1 and CSX 2, and passenger cars named for former presidents of CSX itself and predecessorRead More →
The Chicago Sun-Times has a great write-up on Metra’s America250 locomotive, EMD SD70MAC-H #525 and the designer of its paint scheme, Felicia Woods. The 525 is part of a group of former Kansas City Southern SD70MACs that are being rebuilt with flared radiators and 480V HEP capabilities for use onRead More →
We have discussed a number of the locomotives painted for the America250 celebration…but the Long Island Rail Road’s has an interesting twist: Instagram user Tim Vitelity, going by username Long Island Railroad Concepts has been posting artist’s renderings of various Long Island Railroad locomotives in fictional paint schemes. Frankly, manyRead More →
Voltify, with offices in Israel, Florida, and Los Angeles, raised $30 million in venture capital to develop battery technology to replace diesel engines in U.S. rail services. Learn more about the potential “Tesla of Rail” through this piece by CTECH.Link: Voltify raises $30 million Seed round to build ‘Tesla ofRead More →
The Juniata Terminal E8s hadn’t been on the road in years, but December of 2023 saw that change. Read More →
