This is just a drill! CSX and several emergency response agencies in the Mon-Yough region organized this training exercise. The drill was very realistic, local schoolchildren were on the bus (af... (more)

Two Southern Pacific units pose next to each other at Brightside Yard, home of the Niles Canyon Railway and GGRM. This was a night shoot put on by Vic Neves, producer of the popular railroad phot... (more)

Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 rolls through the community of Spring Glen, about five minutes out of Helper. Next stop, Green River, Utah some 68 miles away.

Returning back from San Bernardino Railroad Days, ATSF #3751 races down Interstate 10 in East Los Angeles as the traffic slows down due to the amount of people in shock, and try to get a photo, of... (more)

After a long day working Union Station, this railroader catches a ride back to Ivy City engine terminal.

An immaculate Class 24 leads an eastbound mixed frieght across the Kaaimans River Bridge.

Train Hanoi-Saigon

Norfolk Southern train 957-30, the maiden voyage of the Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, is seen high-stepping over the Roanoke River on a gorgeous afternoon for a steam chase. While the pho... (more)

First unit of a 15 unit order testing on the EMC Test Track in London

There is no doubt that Soo 700 did its share of pilot plowing along the former DSS&A in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but this time the classic GP30 is plowing lake enhanced snowfall on the north sh... (more)

The Tay Bridge is the longest railway bridge in the UK at just over two miles. The structure seen here is the second attempt at bridging the estuary, the first famously collapsed during a violent ... (more)

Years ago I had a seasoned SCL Chief Dispatcher explain to me that there were three degrees of derailments. The "Aw Shucks" wasn't too bad. A little worse, but not totally devastating, was the "... (more)

GM perfoming high altitude tests on unit.

GP38-2 1801 and GP40-2 2202 leads Polar Bear Express into Moosonee after a slow trip through heavy snow that put one engine out of service due to shorting and blocked vents on the second engine