Sunset at Trout Creek
On the eve of September 14, 2011, an eastbound BNSF coal empty with CN No. 8878 in the lead, passes over the causeway by Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Montana.

Early on the morning of November 29, 1968, two freight trains collided head on just south of Hale Center, Texas, on the Plainview District. As a result, the 213L broke completely in half just behi... (more)

Santa Fe FTA 127L leads an A-B-B-B-A set of FTs off the First District main line onto the Plainview District at Lubbock Junction (renamed Canyon Junction in 1989). The train is en route to Plainvi... (more)

The aftermath of the collision between Amtrak 29 and Marc P286 in 1996. The wreck claimed eleven lives.

Two C44-9Ws lead Military Tanks out of Longmont as Thunderstorms continue to build and deliver a good amount of precipitation as they roll Northeast off the Colorado Front Range Foothills.

2-8-8-4 223 at Two Harbors waits for its next assignment.

Under the rainbow
A double rainbow encircles a pair of venerable CP Rail SD40-2s after a good rainstorm in Cranbrook, British Columbia, on October 4, 2010. This image was on one of my l... (more)

The High Level Bridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, which is 307 feet tall and one mile and forty seven feet long, dwarfs the Empress and her train as she makes one of many runs that day.

Nickel Plate 8100 awaits its next assignment in DeButts after a minor road number/ initial revision at the Chattanooga paint shop. For more information, visit ... (more)

This is another unidentified oldie from my collection. The scene is almost certainly L&N’s eight-stall roundhouse (with 75-foot turntable) at Pensacola, FL. Such a calamity pictured here was actua... (more)

Reading Lines 1067, Norfolk Southern's twelfth heritage unit, rests outside the shop in Muncie. For more information, visit www.nscorp... (more)

This is a shot I obtained many years from the late Shelby Lowe. The subject is Southern Ts-class Mountain 1459--a Knoxville Division engine that was then handling trains 27-28, the Carolina Specia... (more)

Great Salt Lake crossing
An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah. A wood trestle used to carry the line straight across directly... (more)

N&W Westbound Powhatan Arrow train #25 at Christiansburg, VA in June 1955 powered by J-class #600. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

I guess this is another one that falls into the "strange but true" category. On Nov. 12, 1977, four DMIR SD18s were leading a northbound Clinchfield Railroad empty hopper train at Trammel, VA. I... (more)