In case of a line-blockage derailment, there was nothing like a ready-made shoofly around it!! Such was the lucky case when the rear cars of a northbound ATSF freight derailed adjacent to a lim... (more)

Aftermath after Amtrak Train 6, "California Zephyr" struck a rock slide in Fraser Canyon between Granby and Tabernash, Colo., and slid down into Fraser River, apparently before that section of tra... (more)

The result of not loading a car correctly. Or, it is the least efficient way to unload a pulpwood car. photo taken with permission

Parallel parked—not
A Soo Line train using trackage rights on the Milwaukee Road derailed at night on the trip into Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in April 1984. I don’t remember much of the... (more)

Santa Fe, UPS and a crane company team up to get damaged UPS trailers stuffed with packages off the ground after a 991 train derailed several loads. Reported cause was a rail that simply turned on... (more)

Another photo of the damaged GP35 No 2620 at Victorville, CA. The other 3 units behind it all had bodyside damage but nothing like as bad.

Come Hell or high water, she wasn't gonna move.

UP maintainers lift a searchlight back into position at Cable, after it was knocked down by the derailment that morning.

Westbound train 93 passes the wrecked remains of train 92 from the day before. Date is approximate.

After getting the loaded coal car closer to the rail the crews went to a shorter cable and then moved the dozers to the tail end and dragged it right up to the rail still using PanAm MEC 613 to ... (more)

This is the sight two days after the derailment of at least 6 loaded coal cars bound for Bow, NH. There are two cars off the rails (rails all ripped apart and up) and two more on the bridge wit... (more)

Interstate's steam-powered derrick W50 is in the process of rerailing a Lehigh Valley hopper near Pine Branch, VA in the mid-'50s. In these more innocent times, there is only one hard hat to be se... (more)

After encountering a rock slide two weeks earlier and derailing over a 100 ft. embankment, CSXT SD70MAC No. 4542 rests on a spur track in the former B&O yard of Clarksburg. Severely damaged, the f... (more)

This year the Nevada Northern 2013 Winter Steam Spectacular Photo Shoot featured the 106 year old, 100 ton Steam Crane "A". The shoot took place on the evening of February 16th, 2013. Accompanyi... (more)