A northbound NS stack train has added some accessories as it heads for Chattanooga. Yes I was shocked to see this as it came out from a tree tunnel where one had fallen on it a few hundred feet be... (more)

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

Well, good news! The derail works!

Just over two hours earlier, at 7:00, this Union Pacific switch job derailed as it was bringing a cut of cars forward (eastward) to cle... (more)

New Jersey Transit ALP-45DP 4506 had a slight mishap when a rail gave out while it was being moved.

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Having meet with a collision of some sort, probably on the "Silver Star," these units were set out. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

On February 9th at 4:45 am, one of BNSFs monster coal trains derailed east of Cairo Nebraska. The three SD70ACes were the mid-train DPUs.

An eastbound California Zephyr 6 train collided with a tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of milk and derailed in Weld County on Monday night, representatives of Amtrak and the Colorado State Pa... (more)

Three NS GEs (NS 8133, NS 9759 and NS 3629) sit besides one another with wreck damages after derailing at Hiram on train 370 toward the end of November 2021. From what I heard, the train took the ... (more)

CN ES44AC 3953 leads Maidstone, SK - Vancouver, BC train G263 over the west switch at Swan Landing at restricted speed passing the cleanup efforts of a recent derailment.

Smoke and fire!

One Month: Just one month after being released from the Wabtec facility in Erie, PA, this AC44C6M was involved in a derailment as the trailing locomotive on NS 96Z in Madison, MO after the train w... (more)