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Two new locomotives head west.

VIA 15 passed through the ice storm in eastern Quebec last night.

After a 2 hour wait with no trains, the last light of day sees an empty garbage train heading West along the Columbia River

UH That'll Do! The sometimes not so glamorous side of railroading and some of the things that can happen. Here is what happens when the load out chute of a taconite pellet bin fails to close dur... (more)

This westbound intermodal with its three UP locomotives is about to disappear into the fog at 10:02 this morning. Canon 20D and 24-70mm lens.

Santa Fe 800 East crosses the Colorado River at Topock.

Last official run of IC steam power pulled by Mountain type #2613.

7079 is transported through the suburb of West Swan in Perth following a train collision on the Robe line in the WA Pilbara region.

What attracted gricers from around the world to this obscure line was this viaduct, which had an almost surreal quality about it, especially in the hazy lighting that is typical of this area due t... (more)

BNSF 5430 had to stop its trek up the pass on track 1 when it came face-to-face with a brush fire. The fire was located north of the tracks and just east of I-15. The firefighters seemed to have... (more)

New GM70, EMD's SD70ACe Tier-2 emissions unit, was at the EMD Plant at LaGrange Illinois for more testing.

This was the first time that the Rio Grande heritage unit led the Ski Train. Wind chill was well below zero, with high winds and fresh snow.

C&S Denver-Cheyenne freight extra 700D plowed in to on-time southbound Billings-Denver passenger train #30 at 6:48 a.m. in Broomfield, CO, when it failed to wait at Utah Junction or hold the sidin... (more)

Southbound Grangeville local crosses a wooden matchstick trestle north of Cottonwood