This was the lead unit of the IHJNS-28 that ran a restricting signal and rear-ended another intermodal train (ILBMNB-29) on the night of October 1, 2011. As the two trains collided, this locomotiv... (more)
Saint Paul wraps around the Empire Builder on a frigid -22F Minnesota morning.
BNSF 972554 is parked at Glendive ready for action if needed. The unit's paint job is reminiscent of former Great Northern E7s and doodlebugs from the 1940s, looking quite impressive. This plow re... (more)
Looking like a Star Wars scene In February of 2006 the weather was no different from a typical Sierra Nevada Winter. In this scene the UP 604 pauses in Truckee, CA while the storm continu... (more)
Anina mine was opened in 1792, and it was one of the oldest mining exploitations in Romania. It was scheduled to be closed at October 2006, but after a methan gas explosion that took 7 lives, imme... (more)
An I1s 2-10-0 shoves flats of farm implements in the Spring of '56.
Ending the historic 2019 steam season on a snowy high-note Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 works its train upgrade through the Terry Bison Ranch on the Greeley 'main' from Denver on the final leg of it... (more)
Two red & silver warbonnets lead a westbound pigtrain down the middle of the 210 freeway in Pasadena. A typical summer smoggy haze has rendered the background mountains invisible.
Bima has just arrived from Jakarta entering track #2 at Wonokromo Station
"El Segundo Local" LOW20 passes one of the 4 remaining wig-wags on UP in SoCal. One of the infamous 4th Street gensets which now feature more graffiti than original paint leads. The replacement cr... (more)
It was so tragic, we could see the trash around the loco how bad the crash was, the loco driver injured but not get his life away, the assistant was OK too but the truck driver died two days later... (more)
This is what happens when you don't watch the switch indicators. Engineer assumed that the siding switch was properly lined, but not only was it not, it was not lined against him completely, so h... (more)
With a built day of November of 2011, a pair of CSX's newest GE ES44AC's lead a Cross, SC destined coal drag south through Fort Blackmore on the former Clinchfield mainline shortly after dusk. The... (more)
The scrapping of a classic. A scrapper torches the primer mover from an ALCO/MLW unit that met its fate just prior to this former Amtrak FL9... You're next, buddy.
Twilight in the Star City When I found out about this event a few weeks ago I knew that shooting from the bridge would be the place to be. Although engine placement and lighting was not ex... (more)
NS 7602 leads a train past the landslide just outside Pittsburgh at walking speed at around 2:20 AM. Check out January 2007 issue of TRAINS magazine page 20 for more information!
In a light drizzle CN track crews inspect a switch damaged in a derailment of a loaded ore train north of Two Harbors. The rear 8-10 cars on this train from Minorca derailed and ended up on their ... (more)
Treading lightly across the wood pile trestle, 2540 dramatically comes into view leading rock runner empties west at 02:28.
Below the imposing escarpment of Dodge’s Bluff, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr traces the Colorado River in spectacular Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 23, 2021.
The BNSF freight train crosses the bridge across Cut Bank Creek towards Browning
Delivered earlier in that year, LV 560 gets a hand wash at the Oak Island engine terminal. I was chased out of there after these shots on account of high anxiety at the start of the Korean War. ... (more)
A CSX veteran, 8369 looks, (and sounds...) like new under the lights in here, wearing the latest paint scheme, leading a manifest out of the West Portal of Sand Patch at 05:11.
As a teenager not yet old enough to drive, I needed to bum rides to railfan. One Sunday in early 1970, my Dad and I (and Rex, our dog) headed tackside. Here a four-car Santa Fe train 75, a westbo... (more)
The scene that met a British Army film unit at Caen following the Allied advance after the D-Day landings in June 1944. Photograph by the late Peter Handford, famous for his railway sound recordin... (more)
Nearly 4 months after the fatal derailment near Granite, crews are still working to clear up the remnants of 3 locomotives. 2 crew members lost their lives, a reminder of the dangers involved in r... (more)
"Shutting Off the Departure Board at NYP" An Amtrak Electrician flips the switch on the famous Departure Board at New York Pennsylvania Station, turning it off for the last time b... (more)
The first SD90MAC for the Indiana Rail Road.
Gone and Forgotten Sitting quietly deep in the Cumberland Hollars lost in time is this vintage ex: Reading Railroad ALCO RS-3 now in the faded Southern Green, and White, and two p... (more)
Shortly after noon today, the "Magnificent Three" were reunited in the exhibit yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. From left to right is Y6a 2156, J 611, and A 1218. Photo ... (more)
Time for a game of "chick-hen"? CP 8846 eases into Lansing, IA with a southbound freight appearing to be in for a face off with a formidable biker chick. Fortunately her need to quench h... (more)
Tuscola and Saginaw Bay snow plow and crew enjoy a nice, sunny trip through the Boardman River valley as their train follows former Pennsylvania rails from Traverse City to Walton Junction and Cad... (more)
"Retired" stenciled on this GP35 seems rather redundant considering it's condition.
While pulling out of the Smart Paper mill on a wet winter day, we connected at the crossing with the blue car shown here. A slow speed impact, but not a good feeling. Driver wasn't injured, but I'... (more)
EF Carajas 736 goes by on a KRL flat on its way to Halifax Harbour for export to Brasil. It might be a while with the CN strike, though!
CP train 101 heads west on CN's Albreda Sub, detouring as train F40151 21.
Oooooops... A little shake-up in the daily routine has occurred as the ND&W's former Santa Fe GP20 finds itself a little "off track." Not entirely sure what has happened here just yet, but it look... (more)
View from the cab of Amtrak P42DC 120 on the head end of train A-5-16, the Westbound California Zephyr. Our student engineer reaches for the radio to call the dispatcher for a more favorable sign... (more)
Crews from Hulcher and R.J. Corman help BNSF clean up a wreck site at Lakeside, Nebraska, on the Sand Hills Subdivision. The derailment happened on May 17, 2006, when an eastbound BNSF coal train ... (more)
Death of a locomotive..... The CP Rail MLW M-636 that was on static display in Farnham for several years has been sold for scrap last spring. The old warrior is being cut up as of this morning.
A little past noon on March 6, 1966, Rio Grande’s Train 10, the Yampa Valley, has been waiting only a few minutes at Azure siding near the entrance to Little Gore Canyon when Train 17, the Calif... (more)
Santa Fe 2921, built in 1943 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, basks in the sun at the Modesto Amtrak Station following its move out of Beard Brook Park just days before. The 650-ton locomotive and... (more)
Soo 2500A leads Erie Mining F9A 4211 through Duluth's lower downtown area en route back to Union Depot after a nice run to Two Harbors. The retired ore carrier William A. Irvin ( a former U.S. Ste... (more)
NS caboose 555054 was damaged and derailed when it was shoved off the end of the railroad in a backup move getting ready to load at the mine in Panther WVA.
DRGW Heritage engine stands out amoungst the armor yellow
On a frigid but clear morning at the coaling tower at Farm, an eastbound loaded coal drag waits patiently for a set of helpers to pass before heading to Bluefield.
It’s time to play follow the leader on Beach Street in Santa Cruz.
Man's Best Friend There's nothing like sharing an afternoon of railfanning with your best friend, even if she's a little crazy (and I'm not talking about my wife). On this chilly but ... (more)
Fresh out of the shop....... VTR 313 takes a spin on the turntable in North Walpole NH. The 313 still needs some mechanical work before it hits the road, so for now it will be stored inside. Photo... (more)
48' UP Areo Wedge - Designed by UP employees to reduce drag on the forward end of a double stack train, the areo wedge was "[y]ears in development, [and] the Arrowedge® is the latest innov... (more)
Finally! It took three visits to this place and 10 trains to get this one right, with nice sunlight, the proper train and timing... An ABe 8/12 "Allegra" unit carries hikers and bikers from Filisu... (more)
At about 9:30 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010, a BNSF Railway westbound derailed and caught fire inside Tunnel 9 - The tunnel at the bottom of the famed Tehachapi Loop. The location made fighti... (more)
Vietnam: Japanese C12-type 2-6-2T steam loco 131-428 at Dalat Railway Station. The highland city of Dalat is a popular destination for weddings and the old steam loco is popular with wedding phot... (more)
Prior to the arrival of the 20 new Heritage Units, three veterans from Norfolk Southern's family of railroads were gathered in Roanoke for a special "30th Anniversary" photo shoot. And what bette... (more)
The ZLCBR is descending down out of the Cascades on its way to Portland with the hottest train on the line. The daylight colors of UP 1996 distinctively stand out against the spring time green of... (more)
Dallas Union Terminal in January 1964. Santa Fe (ATSF) E8A #87 on train No.11 the Kansas Cityan, Rock Island (CRI&P) E6A #630 on train No.17 the Twin Star Rocket, and the Colorado & Southern E5A ... (more)
After setting out a gondola full of shop scrap, the shifter backs up to the turntable. The stacks of wheels in t... (more)
The CN ran their Jordan Spreader down their 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub on Thursday February 21. The job worked at pushing back drifts along this branch. Winter has been pretty steady in this part o... (more)
CR 0, now the property of NS, toils almost unnoticed at the wheel shop at Enola, PA. Built by Conrail out of an old EMD traction motor and truck, it serves to move units back and forth on the whee... (more)
Check out the storm in the distance! This train is way overpowered but he picked up about 30 cars from the Penn Southern in Culbertston. CSX stopped through service in 2000 on this line and this... (more)
A museum piece. Red signals barely visible against the red Eastern Washington sky. For the engineer of BNSF 7531, reds, blues, and blacks are broken from the light of an oncoming manifest w... (more)
An A-B-A set of CLC C-Liners are turning on the wye at Tadanac, BC next to the Cominco plant which produces lead and zinc. They will assemble their train for the return trip to Nelson, BC later i... (more)
Pulling for all their worth, three big six-axles lug a 157 car Q324 out of Defiance, passing Hires Cemetery just outside of town. Just a few moments later, the sun would dip below the horizon, end... (more)
Captured a few minutes after sunrise, a manned swing helper shoves on the tail end of a 79 car Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO manifest, through the crossovers at East Gilluly, Utah. The head end... (more)
I guess the guy who put this train together never had a model railroad? To see this signal tower in better days: click heremore)
Sunset on the Pere Marquette. Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 leads a long, double-headed freight through Smith's Crossing on the Great Lakes Central Railroad, as the train barrels toward i... (more)
While the Pullmans on an eastbound passenger train sits clear of the PRR on the Big Four (left), a Shark has westbound tonnage in tow clattering over the diamonds at Crestline on the Pennsy. The... (more)
Another look at the banged up GM 72. The cab has been sealed off for safety and probably from the curious too. Thanks to Wayne for the heads-up.
MWLX 2017 didn't have anything to give thanks for on Thanskgiving day other than no fuel spilled
Serious clag ( smoke ) from a tripleheader.
Eastbound Conrail train WHSN-04 slowly ambles up the rickety track through the remains of the old Glen Burn Colliery at Shamokin, PA on April 29, 1987 with three MP15s. The scrappers were dismant... (more)
Snow clearance on the Furka pass line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) (Furka steam railway) . The Steffenbach bridge, which is folded down during the winter to give the avalanches a free ... (more)
With Q612 occupying the entire Talladega St. crossing, a drunk driver decided to take his own route. Amazingly he fouled both tracks! Luckily, Q615 saw the cars headlights as they were taking the ... (more)
With the upper reaches of Tehachapi's western slope blanketed in a yet undisturbed dusting of snow the labored roar of eastbound tonnage, battling up the mountain, reverberates through the quiet w... (more)
Indian head logo on Santa Fe F7B 300B. To see the other version of this logo, see photo 113871.
Still looking fresh in its Guilford "heritage" paint, MEC 507 is pulling BO-1 into Peabody Square. The Peabody Soldiers and Sailors Monument stands prominently in the square. The monument was dedi... (more)
Truly inspiring life experiences like this don't come along too often, but this day was one of those days for me. I had the distinct privilege of meeting a little boy who loved trains so much he w... (more)
FRESH ROCK ISLAND PAINT. Here the Rock Island 4506 is displayed for the volunteers who had worked on the restoration of the unit, from C&NW 4160 back to its rebuilt appearance as the ROCK. Test ... (more)
An intermodal train rolls along the Rhein River near Ruedesheim, Germany.
Freight train arrives from Villach at 'Oberfalkenstein Brücke' The Tauern Railway (German: Tauernbahn) is an Austrian railway line between Schwarzach-Sankt Veit in the state of Salzburg and Spit... (more)
A very rare Pennsy FM H20-44 leads a set of Alco FA1's up the hill at Gallitzin,PA. Note the downbound train on the adjacent track with at least 6 units.
"World's Fair Daylight," powered by Southern Pacific Daylight 4449, races through scenic Oregon.
Winter has finally arrived in Jasper! Temperatures are hovering just above the freezing point so I'm sure it won't last very long. Nevertheless, CN 2432 and CN 2641 haul a heavy M301 into Jasper o... (more)
Hundreds of locomotives call this yard home in Wyoming. This seems to be a major storage of useless power at the time. It's a shame that these locomotives aren't pulling freight all over the nati... (more)
EMD's newest locomotive, the SD70ACe, GM 70, was being tested prior to being sent west to the AAR Test Facility in Pueblo Colorado. GM 70 is one of three prototype Tier-2 locomotives that EMD has ... (more)
Another view of the NS 2106 switching in the shadow of the SS United States.
