Surreal and gut-wrenching ... almost like it stopped mid-collapse. I have no idea what kept this car from plunging, unless it was still coupled to the car below.

Built for North Western Coal and Navigation (nee Alberta Coal and Railway Company, nee Canadian Pacific) in 1885, this 36" gauge 2-6-0 Mogul was one of three purchased by Canadian Pacific in 1907 ... (more)

Amtrak 112 recently showed up in Chicago, en route (eventually) to Beech Grove or the scrap heap. Number 112 caught fire in Elyria, OH on the morning of December 16th, while leading the Lake Shore... (more)

The well-publicized CRANDIC bridge collapse ... this, despite the railroad's best efforts to anchor it with freight cars. Most other area bridges survived (except IANR’s Waterloo Bridge) ... al... (more)

The east end of Bensenville Yard with an unusual dearth of locomotive activity. I can only spot 4 locomotives, and only one of them appears to be active.

I guess the guy who put this train together never had a model railroad? To see this signal tower in better days: click heremore)

GP40-2 #6086 and GP15T #1515 ran through a closed switch, then derailed after reversing direction around 7am on January... (more)

The brakeman has gone to look for the owner of the white car blocking the lead to Peerless Confection; meanwhile a pastry truck blocks SOO 1548 in from the other side. Just feet from the end of t... (more)

BNSF SD40-2 6851 was damaged in grade crossing collision with ethanol tank truck near the Suncor Refinery in Commerce City, CO, at the 56th Avenue grade crossing on July 23rd, 2009. BNSF 6851 was... (more)

Two years ago today (June 12th), the swollen Cedar River took down CRANDIC's downtown bridge and ... (more)

UP 5123 is part of a Friday afternoon parade of cars and trains to use the Huey P. Long bridge. From the other end: Click here<... (more)

Sometimes, even after 41 years of railfanning, you see something you've never seen before.

The famous hanging bridge (from the west), labeled "Rio Grande," but built by AT&SF in 1879 to get through a 30-ft-wide gap in the gorge. From the other direction: Railroad: Royal Gorge Railroad
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Canon City, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CRRX 403
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 22, 2004

A remote control set ran through a closed switch and derailed when they reversed direction at CSX's Barr Yard just before dawn on January 2nd. I happened to pass over the bridge and picked up a s... (more)

Not sure what happened to #7, but it may have been the lead locomotive in a collision with a trash truck in Crystal City, MS in late May. My 2.5-year-old son explained to his mom that the locomot... (more)