The arrival of a narrow gauge railcar at Xiangyang fails to impress the local wildlife. This was on the Shanhetun logging railway, which closed soon after this.

As the ‪Amtrak‬ Gulf Coast inspection train passes the historic depot in Tallahassee, Florida on 2/19/2016, the Tallahassee Fire Department came out to give the train a traditional fir... (more)

The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday finds an odd sight along the tracks. With no crossings anywhere near here, a car managed to find its way onto the tracks from the parking lot above after being s... (more)

Where is the track ?

Due to 50mph winds, IAIS's mainline was shut down due to a fence and power lines falling on the main. IAIS 505 pulled right up to the fence which made for perfect pictures!

Weihe wood yard was served by narrow gauge steam trains to deliver the logs, then within the complex, human power was the order of the day. Here a man and his wagon return to collect another load.... (more)

For a peso or two (5 cents), these enterprising young men will push you the last mile to your village on one of these homemade rail carts. This is however a busy commuter line with trains ever... (more)

I couldn't not revisit this classic location whilst I was in Hanoi, although sadly the weather wasn't as kind to me this time. Just after a rain storm, a D19E locomotive departs south from Hanoi w... (more)

On August 11th, 2015, Portland and Western's Westside district trestle in Sherwood caught fire and was lost. Three teenagers were caught, cited for trespassing, and charged with reckless burning, ... (more)

On August 11th, 2015, Portland and Western's Westside district trestle in Sherwood caught fire and was lost. Three teenagers were caught, cited for trespassing, and charged with reckless burning, ... (more)

The extreme winter conditions have created the 'Abominable Pony' out of NS 8345. A crew member braves the horizontal snow to attend to one of the many switches that will need to be cleaned before... (more)

Full crew. Carlos Llamas, engineer, Mr. Bear, assistant engineer, and Jake Vigil, fireman, on the March 12-13 Friends of the C&TS snow plowing special. I understand Carlos is writing a book about... (more)

Crew awaiting for coupling some iron ore cars on our train in the Zouerate upskirt of the loading plant area.

Storm's A Coming!

Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is, in fact, the light of an on coming train! In this case, it's the obligatory run though with Western Maryl... (more)

NS SD90MAC 7292 recently had its cab and electrical cabinet removed.