News Photos: Indonesian EMDs begin voyage home after repairs

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two Indonesian narrow gauge locomotives have begun their long voyage home after repairs by Progress Rail in Tacoma, Wash., leaving via the Port of Olympia, Wash., on Oct. 23, 2020. The 3-foot, 6-inch gauge EMD GT38AC locomotives of PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the government-owned primary operator of the nation’s railways, came to […]

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News Photo: CN heritage units on the move

Canadian National still isn’t talking about them, but the railroad’s fleet of locomotives with heritage paint schemes is taking shape. On Oct. 24, CN train M396 is east of Schoolcraft, Mich., with Wisconsin Central; Illinois Central; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; and British Columbia Railway units en route to Montreal. […]

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Original heritage

Norfolk Southern GP59 No. 4610, the railroad’s original heritage unit, sits at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga for Railfest 2011 on Sept. 3. The locomotive has since been repainted. Photo by Bradley Bates […]

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Erie revival

Norfolk Southern SD70ACe No. 1068, the Erie-painted heritage unit, leads train No. 301 from Decatur, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo. on Feb. 12, 2014. The train is seen at Stonington, Ill., on the former Wabash main line. Photo by Bruce Bird […]

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PAs on the Pony Express

Union Pacific Pony Express Alco

An Alco PA/PB/PB consist leads the Union Pacific’s Pony Express across the desert near Victorville, Calif., in the early 1950s. The railroad’s 14 PAs and PBs were assigned to passenger service in the West. Donald Sims photo […]

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Photo of the Day

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Rock Island TA diesel Electro-Motive Corp.’s model TA passenger diesel of 1937 was a lighter, less powerful counterpart to the builder’s EA of the same year. Although they shared the same styling, the single-engine, 1,200 h.p., B-B TA was a derivative of EMC’s power cars for streamlined trains, while the twin-engine, 1,800 h.p., A1A-A1A EA […]

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