In a light drizzle CN track crews inspect a switch damaged in a derailment of a loaded ore train north of Two Harbors. The rear 8-10 cars on this train from Minorca derailed and ended up on their ... (more)

The power for 170s train idles in the yard next to the wrecked CP 8869, which was involved in a derailment last October in British Columbia.

After 45 minutes since the last train went north I started to get ancy and bored. If it wasn't for the blurp of static on the scanner I would've left. And if I did leave. I would've missed this... (more)

Teamwork
Portland & Western crewmen pause from their work and wave to crew of the UP Albany Roustabout as it rolls by at restricted speed. In the background, the yard crew engi... (more)

Crash! The cleanup process of a traffic collision continues, while two BNSF Dash 9's lead the "Slot Machine" ballast train through the North end of De Soto, running at restricted speed. I n... (more)

Centerbeam Attacks Covered Hopper
On the morning of May 21, 2010, the UP MPDPW manifest train derailed as it was arriving at Albany yard. An empty centerbeam, the 15th car from the end... (more)

Crews from Hulcher are working to remove damaged equipment after NS Train B33 struck a semi-truck hauling steel at the Mellon Street crossing in Detroit. The 3 crew members in the engine and the... (more)

Just a few hours after the grade crossing accident and ensuing fire, Mid East Rail Service crews have the heavy equipment up and working to get the NCDOT locomotive back on track and reopen the ra... (more)

Local news crews roll tape and interview witnesses for the 12 o'clock news following the grade crossing accident and ensuing fire this morning.

Mebane Fire Department trucks line the street just a block from the firehouse as Mid East Railroad Service crews begin the process of getting NCDOT 1792 back on the rails following the grade cross... (more)

At approximately 8:05AM May 13, 2010, Amtrak 73 the "Piedmont" was traveling westbound through Mebane, NC when it struck a low-boy trailer that had become stuck on the 5th St. grade crossing. The ... (more)

After being hit at over 20 mph by UP 3666, you can see very visible damage to this lumber car.

Last remains of WC 3015 wait to be cut up for scrap at N. Fond du Lac. This unit was trailing 3009 on a freight coming into Green Bay when they had a head on collision with SW1500 1561 on a switch... (more)

A pickup truck darts across the track last second, right ahead of 499. Note that the train was doing every bit of track speed (50MPH). People sure can be idiots!

2nd back logged train through after the collision of a previous southbound with the split trailer on the right. Driver apparently missed it's turn down the road a bit and decided to turn around i... (more)