Yellow Box Wreck - On or about May 5, 1965, a student engineer on his first day of work accelerated too fast around the turn by passing Tunnel 7 and this yellow box car derailed. The car... (more)

Spring in the Carrizo Gorge - Looking into the gorge from near the tracks, two wrecked box cars cling to the steep canyon wall. The cars derailed in an accident in the 80’s where the... (more)

East Portal of Tunnel 7 - Carrizo Gorge - Tunnel 7 collapsed at some point after the Goat Canyon Trestle was built and and before 1949 (the dates on the track). Instead of clearing and r... (more)

Inside View of METX 7773 at Dubbers Spur - On Dubbers Spur there sits a set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later ... (more)

Bridge at MP 95.9 - Looking down the main line of the Desert Line towards Dubbers Spur (where the cars are located) and Tunnel #5 where the line enters the gorge from the drop off point at ... (more)

This is the international border between Mexico and the United States on the old San Diego & Arizona Eastern (as snapped from a passing train traveling between Campo CA and Garcia, BC, Mexico.

The Maintenance of Way Shed at Ferum California - Constructed of spent railroad ties (wooden sleepers) and salvaged rails, the maintenance of way shed at Ferum California stands abandon aft... (more)

The luck of the Irish wasn't with us this afternoon. KAW Train 610, the Bedford Job, was pulling the hill into Liberty with 13 loads when they encountered this recently fallen tree on the line. ... (more)

Moments before the last rays of sun dropped below the treeline, CN 8100 passes as the DPU on CN train 369 at Newtonville, Ontario. This train included an impressive 66 loaded centerbeam flats of l... (more)

The three RJ Corman locomotives destroyed by fire on 10/5 have been detrucked and moved for salvage and scrapping. From left to right are 7918, 3814, and 1605. The 1605 had just been painted in ... (more)

Amtrak P448 Is Running About A Hour And A Half late After Hitting A Tree Somewhere Up The Line, Did Some Damage To The Leader A Broken Ditch Light And A Huge Branch Stuck On The Front Of The Train... (more)

A former Grainbelt covered hopper damaged in a derailment several years ago now serves as an overhead feed bin on a farm West of Ringwood, OK. A closer inspection of what seems to be an otherwis... (more)

Where SD40s no longer tread. A view taken inside the DW&P's curved 520-ft tunnel in far western Duluth. Blasted out in 1912, this rugged line into Duluth was abandoned in 1984 when the Peg started... (more)

The Signal box need more space

Two Over the Side - It was a long hike over the mountain from Dos Cabezas, but it was worth the view on the other side. Here - Looking into the gorge from near the tracks, two wrecked box ... (more)