Normally coming out to play only in the morning, shooting the Black Lick at night is a bit of a challenge. However, taking a look at the front truck on the 104 will provide some insight as to how ... (more)

HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE AFTERMATH IN VERMONT: Mud and debris clutter the rails at this grade crossing in Sunderland, Vermont along Vermont Railway's Bennington & Rutland Subdivision ... (more)

HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE DAMAGE IN VERMONT: This was the scene along Vermont Railway's Bennington & Rutland Subdivision at Danby, VT in wake of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. Vermon... (more)

HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE DAMAGE IN NEW YORK: This was the scene along Pan Am Southern's freight main at North Petersburgh, NY in wake of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. Shortly after... (more)

HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE DAMAGE IN VERMONT: The State of Vermont was absolutely devastated by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. This scene along Vermont Railway's Bennington and Rutla... (more)

CRASH: The conductor flags his train as police and fire personel complete reports following an accident that took the crossing signal mast down. As you can see, the fire dept took the roof off of... (more)

Amtrak 176 sits damaged and alone in Portland after hitting a semi-truck earlier in the year. Here, it awaits transport back to Chicago on the Empire Builder.

just like a model railroad this is what happens when you pull with too much power on a sharp curve. The phenomenum is called "stringlining or straight lining". The MWARBAR had been separated at a ... (more)

A northbound CSX manifest is coming up on the scene of a minor derailment from a month prior that resulted in the new signal on the left and the hoppers pushed over to the side of the ROW.

DITCHED, part 6: THE DAMAGE. Work crews bend and lean to view the damage to the locomotive they just pulled from the ditch. The locomotive eventually went to the Hobo Railroad in... (more)

Derailed once again, Within the past month C&BL SW7 104 has derailed twice while performing it's duties around the Johnstown area.. This one looks to be fairly minor, as was the other one also.

Aftermath of a headon collision: Engine 4136, 2nd unit in the ESSP, landed upside down after climbing over, and shearing off, the long hood of lead unit 4443. Engine 4309, leading SLWB, climbed ... (more)

The crew of ESSP stops to inspect the carnage that is left from the head on collision between ESSP and SLWB that occured on 2/6/1987. The 4309 was leading the SLWB which rode up over the top of 44... (more)

DITCHED, part 5: THE LIFT. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks and d... (more)