If any photograph is worth a thousand words this is the one I'd choose. This remarkable scene was not 'set-up' or 'posed' in any way. This was everyday life in the Inner Mongolian village of Xiake... (more)

Westbound oil empties await crews at Minot yard. Unique power on each including CNJ heritage engine.

This derailment occurred during the infamous 1955 strike on the L&N Railroad. On Saturday, April 23, 1955, engines 306, 238, 117 and 301 (two FA2 Alco cab units spliced by two RS3 road switchers) ... (more)

A familiar scene can be found most nights on many of the Chicago elevated station platforms. A scene of many different people from young to old, hip to traditional with one common link between all... (more)

Light power BNSF 1531/1544 heading south hit the back end of a semi at 73rd St and Hwy 81 in Brooklyn Park at about 10:50am

The Silver Bullet! If one had consumed enough Coors Light, seeing this speed by at a grade crossing might cause one to reconsider drinking! Valley Metro Rail LRV 143B heads west down Wash... (more)

Expecting a leased SD 90MAC leading, I get a surprise, VTR 308 wearing the VTR red & white scheme on the point of an ethanol train! From the land of various paint schemes, this is a favorite of mi... (more)

What does springtime frequently look like in Colorado’s high country? A Union Pacific coal train drops down the two-percent grade just east of Tolland, Colorado, on May 1, 1999. Yes, May Day 1999 ... (more)

Amtrak has taken lease of two complete VIA Rail Stainless Steel train sets - 5 coach/1 Park Car each - and moved them from Montreal to Albany on Sunday, November 18, behind Amtrak P40 822 and P42 ... (more)

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

The imprudence of a truck driver caused the colision with this chemical, the second engine hit the third one (FXE3025) damaging the fuel tank causing a big fire before to fall down into the bridge... (more)

An eastbound BNSF empty military train (Ft. Lewis, WA-Ft. Hood, TX) with KCS and UP locomotives, rolls under the former Milwaukee Road right of way at Lombard, Montana, on the Montana Rail Link. A... (more)

Penn Central eastbound coal train passes Hunt tower as a pretty college student watches. Many students from the local college (Juniata) used the local train station located just east of the tower.... (more)

A BNSF Kansas City-Pasco manifest freight, with a cut of Boeing 737 fuselages, rolls through Lombard, Montana. The train is passing the bridge over the Missouri River of the abandoned Milwaukee Ro... (more)

A light snowstorm near sunset leaves fresh snow to be kicked up by eastbound empty potash train #672, led by still new GEVo 8946. In the darkest depths of the Canadian winter, a golden glow linger... (more)