About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen 60 seconds of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting to se... (more)

Late Saturday night (2/20/2010) BNSF's MBARSTO1 20A put 9 cars on the ground, some of which caught fire while inside Tunnel 9. The fire continued to burn well into Sunday, while crews waited for i... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight made ketchup out of a tomato truck that strayed onto an unprotected crossing in the Salinas Valley. The trailer was split in two, but thankfully the driver and ... (more)

Not the way to start a rainy day! Night shift has left day shift a problem. Not much will move until 806 gets lifted out of the pit.

On Friday September 12th, 2008, UP 8485 and MetroLink 111 were involved in a head-on collision. Sadly, 25 people were killed and many more injured. This was the worst rail accident in the United S... (more)

The scene of Mondays derailment of Lincoln Service 301. The rear section of a lowboy trailer remains under amtk 173 as R.J. Corman equipment move in position. The passengers and crew have been r... (more)

Amtrak 7 still stored in Chicago since at least August, but it seems to move around the facility a bit from time to time.

Movie stunt train for Lethal Weapon 4 shot on location in Downtown Los Angeles on North Main Street at the L.A. River and Union Pacific crossing. Note the “fake” crossing gate mounted to the p... (more)

Hot Rail! Movie stunt train once belonging to the Santa Clarita Railroad (SCRX) performing a stunt with a Pontiac Firebird. Note part of vehicle firewall on right side of the locomotive.

The lead unit of a derailed SB UP train. The 3 crew members reportedly rode the trip out with minimal injuries. Reported to have derailed, then collided with a NB UP, before going down the emba... (more)

One of the Talgo sets split the consist down tracks 2 and 3. The train brought down the tall historic speaker tower (look at Union Station photos older than this date) and bumped up against the st... (more)

Amtrak 90224 shows off her new hood ornament after a semi failed to clear the crossing at Russell Rd.

AMTK 90218 sits awaiting repairs after a fiery collision with a semi in Michigan. Whats neat is the fire burnt off all the Phase V paint on the side revealing the Phase III scheme once again.

Stacked train?

An insider photograph of the shocking aftermath of the tragic runaway of a overloaded SP potash train "01-MJLBP-11" after it lost it's brakes off Cajon Pass and careened off a curve at over 100mph... (more)