Clean up in progress from a DGNO train derailment after a loaded rock train put 40 cars on the ground.

Clean up in progress from a DGNO train derailment after a loaded rock train put 40 cars on the ground.

DGNO loaded rock train derailed and put 40 cars on the ground.

DGNO loaded rock train derailed and put 40 cars on the ground.

The sound of notch eight EMD's and squealing wheel flanges fill the night air as NS 16T pulls upgrade through Troutville as they round the curve at Kinsey preparing to knock down the signal. They ... (more)

A fully loaded container train winds its way south along the river towards Wuerburg (Bavaria), led by an unkown BoxXpress Vectron locomotive.

The former DW&P Depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN basks in the evening sun on the shore of Silver Lake. The three-story depot was built in 1913 on pilings and concrete and made... (more)

NS 153 calls a clear signal on track two at Lowell with around 200 cars for points south. They would hold at Arlington where they would see 240 & 154.

At Control Point 147 on CSX's Berkshire Subdivision, the eastward absolute signal displays a Medium Clear aspect for a crossover move from Track 2 to Track 1. Off to the side, a 'Block Clear' indi... (more)

Northbound 16T illuminates the N&W bracket at Pkin as they fight their way up Lofton Mountain.

Sometimes there is more action in the sky than on the rails.

Over the Canal. As people enjoy a stroll in the unseasonably warm weather, the payload and caboose of a High & Wide train crosses over the Columbia Canal on its way to Cayce Yard. These H&... (more)

A Southern Rwy scale test car sits in the Wheel Balancing Shed at Spencer shops, NC. The shed, built in 1944, houses a set of eight Fairbanks scales connected to the tracks where steam locomotives... (more)

My guess is this was originally a Brookville loco used for mining but now it has been repurposed as a the welcome sign for Larry's Truck and Electric in McDonald, OH.

Snow clearing efforts taking place at CN's Keenan yard as some more snow falls. Lots of stored DMIR ore cars fill out a couple of tracks.