At approximately 4AM, the Chesapeake and Albermarle rock job was northbound with approximately 40 empties. When it approached the open bascule draw span over the Intercoastal Waterway, the train ... (more)

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)

Stuff happens! You've heard the news, here is the visual. CP 8628 was the mid-unit on the westbound, and CP 8874 was the lead unit on the eastbound.

Oregon Sunset
A Union Pacific manifest freight from Roseville to Portland Terminal heads north through Oregon's Willamette Valley under golden cloudy skies.

The intent on that... (more)

A local with GP38-2 #5107 at the head rolls through the pouring rain towards Richfield

Western Maryland 734 navigates the Narrows during sunrise on a frigidly cold Sunday morning.

With abandonment looming over the subdivision that has served my hometown of Redvers Saskatchewan for the last a hundred and some years a photo like this may not be possible in a few years or so. ... (more)

Well Mother Nature is doing her best to make railroading on the Omaha Sub as hard as it can be. Here 4 units wasnt enough power to get thru this drift at MP 408. All 4 units are having different s... (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)

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)

Blizzard conditions & near zero visibility this morning as D&H 252 dashes through snow drifts near the Canada/U.S border. Thanks to my reliable "oil burner" Ford F350...

One of those you really had to see it to believe it moments. Soo 4408 rides high over 6600 in the aftermath of the July 12, 1982 head on at Gilchrist

Firefighters, railroad workers, police, and a couple photographers at the site of a head on collision between Soo trains 909-910 about 1 mile east of Gilchrist. 910 was supposed to take siding at ... (more)

Into the 1st drift the rotary goes, and like us, the crew is excited to get a couple photos of the snow flying. The B-unit provides power for the rotary wings. Here the B-units starts to work hard... (more)

Looking for a little Santa Fe style? How about a trio of brand new GE C44-9W's leading a stack train along the Seligman Subdivision at East Perrin, Arizona? Things appeared to be very prosperous f... (more)