This is the aftermath of a major derailment involving three trains. The SF 2862 east plowed into another eastbound waiting at Mountainair, NM for an approaching westbound hotshot. The resulting de... (more)

Here is another view of the wheels on RBNX 81481 that the truckside disintegrated on Christmas Day 1978 as we were traveling on the Thunderhawk at 60mph through Astico,WI.. NO derailment ensued bu... (more)

C&O F7(A) no.7004 sports an experimental paint scheme applied in 1960 to simplify the paint schemes, yet providing good visibility of the units at grade crossings. Two F7As nos.7004 and 7068, and ... (more)

In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles of track west of Miles City Montana. The abandonment of the “Pacific E... (more)

Freight train of TRANSAP railroad with EMD SD39-3M No. D-2301 leading the train, passing over Ruta 78 Highway by Sepultura bridge in travel Barrancas (San Antonio) - Los Lirios (near Rancagua city... (more)

On BNSF’s Fallbridge Subdivision in the scenic Columbia River Gorge is an eastbound freight exiting Tunnel 8 west of Lyle, Washington, on September 24, 2016.

From the cab of the Sunnyland. I don't see many passengers waiting. Note the train order board shows orders so the firemen had to go into the depot and get them. Look closely, it looks l... (more)

No. 734 approaches Frostburg station on a fall Carl Franz Photo Special.

A pair of Tier 4 demonstrator locomotives sit at the GE Transportation plant in Erie.

Locomotives:
GECX 2034 ET44AC
GECX 2038 ET44AC

Goodbye, Mel
Railroading and I lost a friend last week. Mel Baughman was born in Rifle, Colorado, on November 2, 1948, and began working for the Rio Grande in 1967, subsequently becoming... (more)

MTSX 418 (GP15-1) leads a steel job out of the East Chicago, Indiana Arcelormittal steel plant.

The Union Pacific Jenks Locomotive Shops are busy, as this wide variety of locomotives show. Photo taken with permission.

For this year's holiday season, GE Transportation painted Dash 9 unit #905 in a red, white, and blue Christmas scheme, as well as restored and repainted a caboose for a lighted display at the Erie... (more)

The ferry Incan Superior enters Duluth, MN, bound for its dock in Superior, WI in September of 1983. One of the more unusual and unremarked ferries on the Great Lakes, the ferry carried mostly pap... (more)