Vintage Military Locomotives

A collection of red military locomotives, including U.S. Army and NASA trains, showcasing rail transport's history and functionality in various operations.

A Canadian Pacific AC44 locomotive standing in Banff Station.

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

A Canadian Pacific AC44 locomotive standing in Banff Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA railroad train moves along the track at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space agency utilizes railroad operations to not only move equipment at Kennedy, but to transport hardware to and from contractor facilities across the nation.

freight train at a shunt yard freight train with freight wagons at a shunt yard in Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxNowakx 20632950

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Blue freight train engine at sunrise

Freight locomotive of the Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser EVB in front of freight wagons at the Eurokombi terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany

BNSF5443 Intermodal w/ 4 engine consist, General Electric C44-9W, eastbound, metal semi trailers, rural setting, ditch lights on, blue sky

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Sept. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

VIA Rail Canadian passing through Burnaby, BC, Canada

USA, Pennsylvania, Scranton, Steamtown National Historic Site, steam-era locomotive

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA locomotive No. 1 pulls locomotive No. 3 out of the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility, or RPSF, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside, an overhead crane was used to lift NASA locomotive No. 2 off of its trucks and moved aside, so locomotive No. 3 could be raised off its trucks and moved into position atop the trucks previously used by locomotive No. 2. The RPSF was built to support work on the solid rocket used motors during the space shuttle era. The facility had never previously been used for another purpose, but is now free to serve other customers. With rails running into the building's high bay and a pair of heavy-lift cranes positioned overhead, the facility's capabilities were a perfect fit for the NASA Railroad's needs. Railroad managers wanted to trade the wheel and axle assemblies, or trucks, of locomotives No. 2 and No. 3. Locomotive No. 3 was painstakingly restored in recent years by the NASA Railroad team, and handles much of th

Diesel train, konkan railway, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSudharakxOlwe/xDinodiaxPhotox

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Sept. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

A black steam locomotive of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway loaded with coal stands between rails at a station, Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Happy Woman Standing on Train with a Red Umbrella

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - SRB DELIVERY AT JJ YARD

Freight train in Winslow, Arizona.

cargo train shot cargo train shot with diminishing perspective Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlexanderxStrelax 3925208

Diesel engine - the locomotive Diesel engine - the locomotive Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlexanderxStrelax 3925182

Railway, ore loading, Svappavaara, Lapland, Sweden, Europe

Old Ghan Train, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia

Vintage Photograph. Seaboard system locomotive traverses scenic countryside rails.

southern pacific train rust rusted

Steam locomotive

Idaho Northern and Pacific train in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.

Photo of Russian rail road locomotive in Samara

Freight locomotive of the Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser EVB in front of freight wagons at the Eurokombi terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Nov. 23, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

White Pass and Yukon Railway, Skagway, Alaska

Russian railroad harvester machine UM1, built in 1987

Open waggon, Eaos type, open box shipment waggon, Westkai container terminal, Cologne-Niehl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A train

Blue freight train engine at sunrise

An Alaska Railroad train sits on the tracks outside the Alaska State Fair, South-central Alaska; Palmer, Alaska, United States of America

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA railroad train moves along the track at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space agency utilizes railroad operations to not only move equipment at Kennedy, but to transport hardware to and from contractor facilities across the nation.

Engine Of Orange-Colored Coastal Train; White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Santa Fe SF 606 intermodal General Electric C44-9W locomotive curve street

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown May 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Photo of Russian rail road locomotive in Samara

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 16, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Red freight train traveling through western Nebraska carrying coal

2005 UP7849 Double Stack train General Electric ES44AC, 3 engine consist, rolling along track

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Sept. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Novosibirsk, Russia - July 20, 2018: locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitryixBogdanovx 13105828

Union pacific railroad - Mojave National Preserve Californie

Africa, Zimbabwe, Midlands province, Somabhula trainstation, the Shongololo Express

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Sept. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Mexico, State of Sinaloa, Copper Canyon. Copper Canyon (aka Chepe) train station at El Fuerte. THIS IMAGE HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR US LAND TOUR OPERATORS. PLEASE CALL FOR INFORMATION.

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, for mainline and shunting service with hydraulic power transmission, manufacturer Vossloh, series G 1700-2 BB, year of construction 2004, transhipment terminal Westkai, Cologne-Niehl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, for mainline and shunting service with hydraulic power transmission, manufacturer Vossloh, series G 1000 BB, year of construction 2002, transhipment terminal Westkai, Cologne-Niehl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Aug. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, D.J. Eckland with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each and every opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Expedition 68 Soyuz Rollout. The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the site 31 launch pad, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on Sept. 21.

Santa Fe Railway California locomotive cars street

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - SRB DELIVERY AT JJ YARD

The longest iron ore train in the world between Zouerate and Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Africa

A train traveling along US highway 84 near Farwell, Texas.

old steam rail engine at uttar pradesh India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

An Alaska Railroad train sits on the tracks outside the Alaska State Fair, South-central Alaska; Palmer, Alaska, United States of America

Diesel Engine India, Asian Railway , India, Asia Copyright: xManojxNavalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Boston and Maine Railroad, Conway, New Hampshire, 1997, Vintage Photograph.

New Mexico, Las Cruces. Abandoned Railroad Station.

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, for routes and shunting with hydraulic power transmission, manufacturer Vossloh, G 1700-2 BB series, built in 2004, Westkai terminal, Cologne-Niehl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,, Europe

cargo train shot with diminishing perspective

Roggen, Colorado, A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train carrying coal east of Denver

Steam Train, Cuba.

Two train engines at a train depot, Istanbul, Turkey

USA, Indiana. The North Mudson Railroad Museum. (Large format sizes available)

Asia, Mongolia, Tans-Siberian railroad. retired train museum. Stalin 1948 retired train

Freight Train engine on the move in West Texas

NM, New Mexico, Santa Fe, The Railyard, Historic rail cars

Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Usa

A vintage Canadian Pacific locomotive at the Western Canada Railway Museum in Squamish, BC, Canada

Grand Canyon, USA, February 1st 2013: Grand Canyon Railway train stands ready to leave en route to Williams, Arizona USA, North America

A CP (Canadian Pacific) freight train in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

USA, California, Napa Valley, wine country, Napa Valley Wine Train rounds a curve

Grand Canyon Railway passenger train at GC village stopped

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility, or RPSF, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane lifts NASA locomotive No. 3 moving it into position atop the trucks previously used by locomotive No. 2.The RPSF was built to support work on the solid rocket used motors during the space shuttle era. The facility had never previously been used for another purpose, but is now free to serve other customers. With rails running into the building's high bay and a pair of heavy-lift cranes positioned overhead, the facility's capabilities were a perfect fit for the NASA Railroad's needs. Railroad managers wanted to trade the wheel and axle assemblies, or trucks, of locomotives No. 2 and No. 3. Locomotive No. 3 was painstakingly restored in recent years by the NASA Railroad team, and handles much of the rail work required at the center in the post-shuttle era. But the trucks on locomotive No. 2 are in better shape and are more environmentally friendl

BNSF5307 Double Stack Train, General Electric Dash 9-44CW, 4 engine consist, rural setting

Uyuni, Bolivia, October 31, 2015: Old steam train locomotive exhibited in the streets of Uyuni, South America

Classic car rails

Photo of Russian rail road locomotive in Samara

The train carrying the two solid rocket boosters that will power NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) for Artemis missions to the Moon arrives at the Jay Jay rail yard - the connecting link between Kennedy Space Center and the Florida East Coast railway - in Titusville, Florida, on June 12, 2020. The boosters, each comprised of five motor segments, traveled from a Northrop Grumman manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, to Kennedys Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility, where teams with NASAs Exploration Ground Systems will process the segments before moving them to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking on the mobile launcher. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and SLS as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.

Photo of Russian rail road locomotive in Samara

Expedition 70 Soyuz Rollout. A train engine waits to support the rollout of the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on Sept. 15.

Grüner klassischer Vintage-Retro-Zug Züge Dampflokomotive Lokomotiven Belarus. Brest Brest Region Belarus 20. September 2020 Classic vintage old retro green train trains steam locomotive locomotives in the Railway engineering museum in Leninskiy Rayon Brest Belarus. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ArkadijxSchellx 23376950

Steam train and track switch levers at the depot of the Chemin de Fer a Vapeur des Trois Vallees at Mariembourg, Belgium, Europe

An Alaska Railroad train sits on the tracks outside the Alaska State Fair, South-central Alaska; Palmer, Alaska, United States of America

Chile, Perurail from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes,

AmTrak train locomotive moving over tracks California

Historische Elektrolokomotive Historische Elektrolokomotive Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 9130583

UP 7314 Union Pacific mixed manifest tracks switchyard winter street

CN TRAINS EXHIBITION, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - CIRCA 2008. An outdoor museum displaying various Canadian National locomotives

Train in Cajon Pass, CA

orient Express orient Express Copyright: xZoonar.com/SorinxOpreanuxRobertox 12673695

A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Sept. 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. And as rail operations continue in the future at the installation, Douglas Terry Altman with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center that manages Fort McCoy rail operations said he welcomes each opportunity to demonstrate the capability. He said rail is one of the post's strategic transportation missions, and regular rail movements allow the installation to exercise that capability.

Photo of Russian rail road locomotive in Samara

A U.S. Army locomotive moves loaded rail cars carrying equipment from the 957 Multi-Role Bridge Company, North Dakota Army National Guard for loading and transportation to an ocean port for shipment overseas, March 15, 2003. Upon completion of training the 957 will deploy overseas.

SKAGWAY, ALASKA, USA - JUNE 2017 - Alaskan Canadian White Pass train ride attraction through british columbia canadian rocky mountains

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