There's always a possibility of a fire during rail grinding. A crossstie has ignited from the hot metal shavings from a Loram rail grinder. The grinders have water for this exact reason but appar... (more)

On a beautiful morning, three Union Pacific GE locomotives guide a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin. The entire length of the train can be seen as it rolls down hill underneath two... (more)

Trackside waiting for installation for PTC, a colorlight signal lies on its side with one of the signal heads lower aspect covers open, giving a view of its inner workings. Keeping trains moving ... (more)

Another CSX Heritage unit makes its way over the Lineville Subdivison. A little over a day prior, this Chesapeake & Ohio Heritage scheme engine, brought autoracks north on train M222. Now headed ... (more)

A different angle of the derailment in Manchester, Ga... Notice in the distance, cars are being filled with grain from dump trucks that where part of the train that derailed.

A couple of EMDs shove cars in the CSX Dothan yard on a cloudy New Year's Day. With the "smoke" show that the CSX engine #8515 is putting on, you'd think it was fueled by coal rather th... (more)

Snaking over concrete ties, an EMD leads a sleek looking coal train out of the PRB. My family joined me to catch this beast as it rumbled beneath us under the bridge we were standing on. The heat... (more)

I'm not sure if any other railroads are doing this, but CSX has started labeling their Distributed Power Units with "DP" sticker decals. This logo is located on both sides of the engine... (more)

Located in different sections throughout railway systems, rail joints provide room for expansion whenever necessary. To keep electrical continuity between the rail at the joint, a "bond wire" is ... (more)

Coming to rescue CSX train Q689-22 after one of its engines had problems, CSXT No. 5441 shows up more than six hours later. Traveling the mainline in reverse, the crew of this single unit ease th... (more)

WRWK... Warwick Railway, Providence & Worcester, and GATX all have a part in these new autoracks. In the long consist of train M209, 3 brand-new CPKC auto carriers head south under the power of t... (more)

Making an enormous cloud of dust, this LORAM Shoulder Ballast Cleaner slowly moves north causing the ground to tremble from the force of its huge buckets as it scoops up thousands of rocks. Remov... (more)

Waiting in the siding for southbound train I125, a clean rebuilt SD40-2 (transformed into a SD23T4) has command of this 3 car Geometry Train. The "friendly conductor" steps out and radios his loc... (more)

One of the major railcar leasers in North America is GATX (General American Transportation Corporation). A set of six brand new DOT111A100W7 GATX tank cars with head shields, roll south on Brenco... (more)

One of Amtrak's Southwest Chief route stops is here in Flagstaff, AZ. The station was built in 1926 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Amtrak #3 and #4 both serve customers here. Also ... (more)