The consequences of runaway trains. Click here for the FRA report on this accident. For additional p... (more)

Y291, with shoving platform, has moved from the north yard tracks on the left to track 18 so that the locos for Q518more)

Homemade
After being introduced 6 years ago in 2008, one of the newest car designs for the growing double-stack sector is finally making its way into the intermodal pool; FreightCar Am... (more)

Bogie Boogie
Southbound Roadrailer train 251 rushes by as it has just crossed over the Chattahoochee River bridge and begins its journey towards Inman yard. Check out the thickness o... (more)

It has been a rough week for NS in the city of Opelika. After a 22 car derailment on the previou... (more)

When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again... (more)

These massive wind blade loads demonstrate their maneuverability atop drawbar connected 89’ flats as they head through the east leg of Pueblo Junction. Once this train is entirely on the BNSF m... (more)

Fireworks rain out in the night sky as a line of EMD SD9043MAC locomotives rest on track 57 of the former Rio Grande yard in Pueblo. These units will stay parked here for over a year as they awai... (more)

Hot Rail
After a freak snow storm the day before, the bolts of a joint bar seen on the left have broken due to... (more)

It’s been a long night for this NS re-rail crew as they’ve had to move a loaded tank car and locomotive back onto the track after the two rolled a rail in downtown Opelika earlier in the day. ... (more)

Not your Father's Scale Test Car
Wearing the eye catching orange paint typically found in MoW cars, this former Pullman Standard 4 bay covered hopper has been reclassified to another ... (more)

Oh deer
Colorado wildlife is easily seen most anywhere in the Mile High state and today a deer tests its luck at the East End signals of the Cañon City siding. The big Union Pacific... (more)

Spikes
When a tie replacement is under way, one of the other fundamental things being replaced other than ties are spikes and lots of them as evident here. An original Atlantic Coast ... (more)

Amtrak 80 and sister locomotive 187 hitch a ride on NS 314 as the damaged units head toward Norris and a possible journey to the Amtrak Locomotive shop in Chicago. These units were involved in a ... (more)

Horizon un-level....oh wait it's just the truck
The A end truck of this rail flatcar has run over a piece of wood cribbing used to separate the layers of rail that were once inside th... (more)