Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight made ketchup out of a tomato truck that strayed onto an unprotected crossing in the Salinas Valley. The trailer was split in two, but thankfully the driver and ... (more)

A second photo of the damaged 2620 at Victorville. The other 3 units behind it all had bodyside damage but nothing like as bad.

A Richard Beal photo: A Consumers Power coal train picked the diamond at Pleasant Street leading to this mess, the diamond was then removed (as it wasn't used anymore anyways). Dig that jacket!

We came across 2620 in this sorry state at what I believe is Victorville.CA. It was parked with 3 warbonnet locos. I haven`t been able to find out what caused the damage. Anyone know?

Coal & wreckage from a major derailment shut down this CN line for about 24 hours.

At about 3:00 PM on Wednesday July 1st, CSX coal train N132 derailed while traversing the Stonewall Connection in Union City, GA, piling up about 20 cars on the connector. By the next day when i m... (more)

Not the way to start a rainy day! Night shift has left day shift a problem. Not much will move until 806 gets lifted out of the pit.

Well, the night passenger from Athens to Kalamata finished the trip early at 25km point.An aspect crash of a motor truck full of garbages, derailed this unlucky meter gauge Alco.The driver of the ... (more)

Time for a wheel change on this 250 ton hot metal car after it derailed on the main.

Here's a over head view..

A nasty derailment in downtown Oshawa as 27 cars out of this 111 car freight train derailed at Oshawa East including the trailing locomotives, thankfully no one was injured as CP supervisors asses... (more)

The remains of three covered hoppers sit where they derailed last fall, spilling their cargo of potash.

8 big ones on the ground. A few thousand cubic feet of wheat spilled. Track ruined (the CWR is sheared in two different places, and they weren't welds!). No one hurt. A bad flange on a BNSF hopper... (more)

AWRR commenced operations on this line October 1, 2007. What a way to start out a contract.

Every photo is supposed to have a story that goes with it, and this one is about an everyday event that didn't quite unfold as it normally does. // One warm summer evening, BNSF's daily garbage... (more)