Freshly Restored

November 17, 2019 marked the unveiling of WCRA's 6520, freshly restored and released from the paint shop in the iconic 1961 CN orange, black and white paint sch... (more)

Both sides of the tunnel.... Wish I could have caught the Big Boy and company here. Pretty good eats across the Interstate at Taggart's Grill.

Redondo Over - Under. As Union Pacific 7625 leads the westbound rock train through Redondo Junction and toward the Alameda Corridor, Amtrak 785 cruises above on its decent toward CP Olympia... (more)

The Hoover Mason Trestle, which once was used to transport ore to the Bethlehem Steel furnaces, is now a pedestrian walkway that allows an upclose view to the original blast furnaces and the ore l... (more)

Rerailing of a Santa Fe SD45B is underway at San Bernardino.

A Classic's Demise

It was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)

Rain clouds are rolling out at sunset as the crew sends their power to the roundhouse. NCTM's FP7, Southern 6133, goes for a spin on the turntable in the day's last light, aiming for the glow from... (more)

Afternoon in Bio-Bio river mouth and passenger train (commuter service) from Concepción leaves the tunnel that goes under the "Chepe" hill and crossing the long 2 Km (1,24 miles) railway... (more)

Snaking Out of the Narrows. As the lush, green hills of Tehachapi slowly begin their turn to brown as temperatures across Southern California begin to feel more and more like summer - UP 76... (more)

This is a prime example of why distracted driving and trains do not mix. We watched this whole event unfold. The crew was shoving at no more than 5 MPH, and the conductor had the crossing protecte... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. With 145 cars of taconite pellets going by at 20 mph there are about 70 chances to try and get the southbound train waiting on the CN Rainy Sub framed in between two ore ca... (more)

The Alexandria "metro" system involves EMD G22s pushing and pulling 7 coaches in and out of the city every 20 minutes or so. Here 3897 hauls a train out of Alexandria on a Saturday morni... (more)

During the golden hour on a late winter afternoon, billboards and buildings provide the backdrop for this Long Island Rail Road EMD DE30AC, leading its train out of Long Island City yard to its fi... (more)

Derailment Site. At approximately 11:30 am on Friday 3-8-19, for reasons unknown at this time, eight cars of fifty six car NS westbound train B08 derailed in rural La Porte county IN near milepost... (more)

Three NS C44-9W cabs now stand silent in a field of scrap in Cresson, PA at Cresson Steel. The dash nines were not scrapped, but rather rebuilt with new cabs.