A CP employee preparing a record and report this coal train derailment. Even on straight track and in good weather they can still hit the ground - another good reason to stay clear of the ROW.

Tehran Railway Station

Impressive by day: better at night.

Pocket Sized Coach

A nicely cared for, compact Chinese-built coach for the district engineer in Nanu Oya.

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Repair in place?

The ever-encroaching jungle has made a good start on reclaiming this coach with a broken back.

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The final cut

It was a long wait for a train in Delyatin. Wandering around the yard we found this rather elegant Soviet era coach. Soon, a couple of guys showed up in a picku... (more)

Total vandalized dining car # 1140 of the type WGüge 35, parked in Weinfelden South (complete number 51 85 08-70 132-4). The car was built in 1939 in a series of 60 by WUMAG for the Deutsche Reic... (more)

The end of a short rail spur in tiny Hensler, North Dakota, on BNSF’s Zap Subdivision branch line out of Mandan has an unique end-of-track bumper. I’ve never seen one used this way, and I’m ... (more)

Quitting cold Turkey

A derailment brought an abrupt end to a week's steam charter in Turkey which damaged engine, tender, cars and track. Fortunately, it was the last afternoo... (more)

Amtrak passengers board the City of New Orleans at Homewood.

Midnight in Sweden. The station from Nora is beautifully located near the lake. The very first normal gauge railway in Sweden opened in 1856 between Nora and Ervalla.

Went out to get a pic of the searchlights and got an added backdrop

Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy division point. Narrow gauge trains f... (more)

Rain at 2am skies are starting to clear after a day of rain. Taken from the perch at Denver's Union Station. I took this last April and that is the Winter Park Ski Train that is in the picture not... (more)

Welcome to Chattanooga...railroad closed! On July 29-30, 2018, a small army of CSX, NS, and contract crews were given a complete 48-hour shutdown of the 23rd Interlocking through which CSX's W&A ... (more)

Looking toward the east switch of Minturn siding shows an impediment to any possible train movements over Union Pacific’s railbanked Tennessee Pass route on June 4, 2018. In early March 2014, a ... (more)