Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 rolls through the community of Spring Glen, about five minutes out of Helper. Next stop, Green River, Utah some 68 miles away.

Returning back from San Bernardino Railroad Days, ATSF #3751 races down Interstate 10 in East Los Angeles as the traffic slows down due to the amount of people in shock, and try to get a photo, of... (more)

Train Hanoi-Saigon

Rebuilt by Relco in Albia, IA in July of 2013, BNSF 972554, a "RSP38-2" basks in the Winter morning sun in Glendive, Mont. Upon further examination of the rotary, the lead truck is power... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 957-30, the maiden voyage of the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen high-stepping over the Roanoke River on a gorgeous afternoon for a steam chase. While the pho... (more)

First unit of a 15 unit order testing on the EMC Test Track in London

There is no doubt that Soo 700 did its share of pilot plowing along the former DSS&A in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but this time the classic GP30 is plowing lake enhanced snowfall on the north sh... (more)

On March 31, 1998, a cut of cars at NS's Montview Yard got loose and rolled northward and struck NS train 155 parked just north of Kemper Street station. The collision and fire destroyed two unit... (more)

the power and some stack cars sit near the Seligman depot after an eastbound derailed and the power shown on a westbound sideswiped the derailed eastbound near West Crookton the previous day. Ther... (more)

BNSF Salt Mine job was hit by 30-plus car runaway. Cars came from Rennick Yard, Denver, into 31st Street. BNSF 2505 and GP28M 1532, were hit by cars doing about 40 mph about 4:30 AM. Crew was warn... (more)

The Tay Bridge is the longest railway bridge in the UK at just over two miles. The structure seen here is the second attempt at bridging the estuary, the first famously collapsed during a violent ... (more)

Plow extra running westbound into Morant's Curve.

The piece of brake rigging that launched a GTW boxcar off the track after running over it's own brake rigging that fell off and was jammed into the frog. Canon EOS 20D.

A busy day at Reno Junction. An empty BNSF and a loaded UP train wait, while another BNSF train heads north after loading at Black Thunder Mine.

GM perfoming high altitude tests on unit.

The loco that CN lent to the city to supply power during the ice storm crisis that lasted 6-7 days in January 98 being put back on the track.She had been moved about 500 ft from the crossing.

In the spirit of this political season, I bring you Change. Change you can count on, or could, until this train ran over it. Nailed and spit out by Axle #1, it's a heartbeat away from being batt... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr skims along the desert floor at the foot of Utah's Book Cliffs.

GP38-2 1801 and GP40-2 2202 leads Polar Bear Express into Moosonee after a slow trip through heavy snow that put one engine out of service due to shorting and blocked vents on the second engine

Conrail #4020 charges through the fresh snow with an "Office Car Special". It was tough chasing the train on the snow covered roads !

As it tackles its first grade, the UP 4014 & 844 show off for the hundreds of on lookers as it begins its trip west for Ogden Utah.

Through the trees, UP 5807 leads a northbound train onto the Salt Creek Trestle

In the early morning hours of September 25, 2013, an eastbound baretable traveling on the BNSF Panhandle Sub rear ended a stopped eastbound stack train near the Tyson Plant, the ensuing derailment... (more)

UP 4517 heads east through yet another tunnel as it makes its way through Gore Canyon.

Snow, wind and cold. A westbound freight creeps out of the western portal of the Allegheny Tunnel, greeted by snow covered tracks. With the wind whipping, I was surprised I was able to keep the ... (more)

The mountains of Tibet, where a new railway was opened in july 2006. This train is headed for Chengdu, 3.360 km and 46 hours away. The highest point on the Tibet line is at 16.640 feet (5.072 m) -... (more)

There are three helicopters in the air filming, as the Unstoppable train rolls down the approach to the Benwood Bridge. CP Rail 9782 and 9751 were repainted to play the part of AWVR 777 and 767.

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special heads through Price River Canyon along a D&RGW icon in it's own right, Castle Gate. The Rio Grande utilized this rugged rock monument for promotional ph... (more)

Crossing the Nuese River near New Bern, NC in the early morning.

In memory of WMSR conductor Richard Markle, who was called home on January 4th, 2010. The WMSR won't be the same without him. (Thanks to Paolo Roffo for the information and the text.)

PS: M... (more)

ON a lazy Sunday afternoon in October 1977, a muscle car sits at a set of fuel pumps in Bellevue, Iowa, as a set of Milwaukee Road Funits trundle down the street with a long grain train from Iowa ... (more)

4 am crew call for a move to San Pedro

California Dreaming! A wonderful chase of the SP Santa Cruz local during the week of Winterail in 1997 turned up this trio of still SP lettered units, and many fine images. This one however just ... (more)

I found these two units on a setout track in Albia, Iowa. If anybody knows what happened to them let me know.

Photo taken from Cessna C-208B at 1000 ft above the ground, looking from southwest to northeast.

Years ago I had a seasoned SCL Chief Dispatcher explain to me that there were three degrees of derailments. The "Aw Shucks" wasn't too bad. A little worse, but not totally devastating, was the "... (more)

Lehigh Valley 8104, Norfolk Southern's eighth heritage locomotive, rests outside the Juniata Paint Shop during unusual wintry mix weather. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corpor... (more)

The culmination of a text message received on November 19, requesting a paint scheme adaptation for a pair of GE AC4400CWs for the Central Maine & Quebec, came to fruition on February 9, when the ... (more)

OOPS!! This is what happens when you push cars over the hump a little too hard. The 2 grain cars collided with a another car and got air born, coming to rest on top of the SD7's. Chatter on the sc... (more)

CN 5708 and BCR 4606 haul a CN Stack though the Canyon towards the Pacific Coast.

C&O For Progress!

The second of two heritage schemed locomotives to be released by the CSX Huntington Locomotive Shops has escaped the paint booth and awaits finishing touches for pi... (more)

Last night while out storm chasing I happened upon a coal train sitting in the Stowe yard overnight. NS1019 was in perfect line from the storms moving in from the west. After dozens of shots I was... (more)

Oooops, someone forgot to set the derail and a handbrake on a roundhouse lead track at Santa Fe's La Junta, Colo. roundhouse. F7 247 rolled off into the turntable pit June 1, 1968, and apparentl... (more)

One of the two Electro-Motive Division RS1325’s ever produced lies derailed in Pekin, Illinois on Friday, March 28, 2014. Illinois & Midland Railroad # 30, built in the fall of 1960 for Chicag... (more)

GM50 has just been painted a second time when caught waiting to head west

After encountering a rock slide two weeks earlier and derailing over a 100 ft. embankment, CSXT SD70MAC No. 4542 rests on a spur track in the former B&O yard of Clarksburg. Severely damaged, the f... (more)

CC20406 leads the way over the high bridge.

Penn Central 1073, Norfolk Southern's eighteenth heritage unit, poses outside the shop in Muncie. For more information, visit www.nscor... (more)

Due to a passing cold front off of the coast of California, the cloudy conditions add a bit of drama to this image. This is a westbound stack train, heading for the Port of Long Beach, California.

What used to be the hump yard at UP's now-shuttered Neff Yard in Kansas City, MO is now packed to the gills with units that are now considered to be surplus. Shutting down humps and storing locom... (more)

Union Pacific GP30B 726B leads (!) a westbound freight past the Amtrak (ex-Santa Fe) passenger station in San Bernardino. A GP30B/GP30 helper set was assigned to this train to assist the four SD4... (more)

One of the Talgo sets split the consist down tracks 2 and 3. The train brought down the tall historic speaker tower (look at Union Station photos older than this date) and bumped up against the st... (more)

Pacific Locomotive Association's Oakland to Truckee "Truckee Limited", the last excursion operated by the SP prior to Amtrak.

Fog slowly lifts as 23R runs north.

Heading home. Having dropped off the P&W portion of the train, the 4449 heads back to Brooklyn.

Any ideas?

Engineer's side wasn't exactly unscathed! This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The crew apparently survived. On it's way to CE... (more)

Eastbound Q411 crosses the Potomac River and is about to enter the tunnel, on a beautiful August day. Note the clarity difference of the Shenandoah River.

Amtrak P42 69 derailed immediately and rode the ditchline for over 200 feet, coming to rest against an embankment. Note the marks on the side of the engine where the gravel struck the side of the ... (more)

Aberdeen & Rockfish #400 sits in the railroad's Aberdeen engine house

I had grand plans this afternoon to catch the eastbound California Zephyr as it rounded the curve at Crescent amid snow-laden pines with a glorious sunset over the continental divide in the backgr... (more)