Like many Rio Grande cabooses in this era, this one is showing evidence of years of service on coal trains and passing through many tunnels. Here it continues its streak on an eastbound coal train... (more)

In what may be one of the craziest things I've ever seen, CP 8790 leads a manifest south through the middle of floodwaters from the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport.

The "world's longest passenger train", Amtrak's "Auto-Train", crosses the A-Line bridge over the James River on the west side of Richmond, Virginia. The bridge was built jointl... (more)

The sun pokes through the thick Virginia fog as K446 crosses the Copper Creek Viaduct.

Being a new engineer has its stresses. There is a lot to look and listen for and learn to feel while managing the demands of the crew's directions. Additionally, older locomotives have their own q... (more)

On a snowy day in Cresson, a couple of cabs from a pair of retired NS units, one tossed on an old school bus, sit at Cresson Steel. Taken from public property.

CN locomotive 3009 is sitting in Goodman Street yard heavily damaged, with the cab caved in and no long hood. The locomotive is here due to a collision that happened on January 3rd, 2019, when an ... (more)

This 45-tonner was saved from scrapping by WGN and has been repainted for a lease stint on the Lake Superior & Mississippi tourist railroad in Duluth. The industrial locomotive had worked at the A... (more)

Delta Fire Aftermath. On September 5th, 2018, the Delta Fire ignited along Interstate 5, approximately two miles north of Lakehead, California. The fire grew rapidly, closing Interstate 5 a... (more)

Model railroading at 12" to the foot scale. Looking every bit like some of the over/under arrangements that are common on basement model railroad layouts, Grand Canyon Railway #29 comes cru... (more)

A beautiful summer morning in Minnesota finds UP 4014 southbound on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision.

In east side of the Progress Rail facility, sits another of the 5 SD70ACe's for QNS&L. Also in the scene are 2 EMD SD70ACe T4 units (1602 and ???), a pair of future Tacoma Rail units, a couple ... (more)

Bruised and battered but everyone is OK. Before sunup UP 7193 (ES44AC) was pulling with three other units a long container train on the Greeley Sub and hit a semi that was hauling pumping equipme... (more)

Are you busy at 1100? The East Broad Top Railroad has publicized that they have an announcement for the public on February 14, 2020 at 1100. Since the railroad ceased operations in 2011, speculati... (more)