NS 9394 was leading a Des Moines bound grain train on Iowa Interstate tracks when an asphalt hauling semi decided to try to beat the train across a crossing a mile back. You can see the outline of... (more)

Obviously the truck driver who hit the front of this NS unit wasn't able to understand the decal about "watching your step."

After hitting a rockslide west of Jasper the night before, CN 2306 awaits its uncertain future. On the conductors side of the unit is significant frame damage from when the engine careened into th... (more)

Aftermath of a three train collision near Valparaiso, IN on Jan 7, 2012

Southern Railway Work Extra #5162 has Southern Railway 250-Ton Industrial Brownhoist wrecker/derricks #903016 and 903026 in position to clean up the derailment of Conrail loaded flatcar #716074

CN 4515 is being lifted free of two other locos that derailed at Lake Avenue in Stoney Creek, ON. Two cranes were utilized to lift the locomotives out of the gulley, one of them being a steam pow... (more)

A no truck crossing sign lays in the grass on S Battleground Avenue after a truck that got stuck on the Oak St. railroad crossing was hit Wednesday afternoon by a Norfolk Southern intermodal train... (more)

Derailment...The Clean Up: CSX Q616 derailed in the early morning hours (approx. 4am EST) on March 8th, 2012. 27 cars hit the ground, but the 3 lead units along with 3 cars escaped w... (more)

Just after clearing the draw bridge which gives CP-Draw its namesake, Q004 picked the switch which divides the NS Bison Runner from CSX's 2 Main.

Once again CPR 8171 has run over a derail and is waiting for help to get back on the track.

CPR 8171 ran over the derail leaving the Algoma Central transfer yard and just missed a power pole before landing in the ditch. ACR GP9 171 is ready to help pull the CPR engine out. A steam powere... (more)

This was one of the worst fire damaged units I have ever seen. The only giveaway was the D/B and the old style trucks. In any case, later in the month CR 6480 emerged from the NLR shops in fresh... (more)

This afternoon a relatively minor head on collision took place on the KCT Low Line between UP Armourdale Yard and Adams Street Interlocking just north of Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, KS. A DME... (more)

No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)

RJ Corman picks up Amtrak 128 and puts it with the other cars involved in this mornings truck collision/derailment.