This is not the way to treat a carload of beer. A split switch just south of the Birmingham station caused quite a pileup over half a century ago..

What can happen when a freight train splits a switch. Workers can be seen carrying cartons of Schlitz Beer from a damaged box car. Many a bottle of brew from Milwaukee was snatched by members of ... (more)

A tank car sits next to the BN's siding at Skamania, with no track underneath its bogies.

A good variety of used switchstands are gathered around a former Railway Express reefer used as storage behind the San Luis Central’s shop at Sugar Junction just east of Monte Vista, Colorado, o... (more)

At some point decades ago, an old E&LS coach (presumed - exact lineage not known) was left in Turner to be used, reportedly, as a local schoolhouse. But today, the town of Turner consists of one h... (more)

Twelve years after the Milwaukee Road's Pacific Coast extension abandonment, skeletons of a pair of ABS block signals still stand between Lennup and Loweth MT.

What once was the front of a former Southern Pacific Cadillac is now reduced to a lawn ornament for a local tourist outfit. The 4405, as far as I know, was one of the Port of Tillamook Railroad's ... (more)

Looking more like a Hollywood creation out of a sci-fi flick than a locomotive, the HHP is a really surprising sight with its skin removed. Note the bell hanging from the frame on the right side.... (more)

An accident at the Route 41, occassionally crossed by trains and without signals to prevent. The car was displaced about 18 feet until stop and affortunately nobody was injured.

Genset Fail, a toasty ending from 2015 for BNSF 3GS21B 1280 seen at North Yard in Saginaw, Texas.

Never a dull moment. On August 25, 2008 we were told to remove a string of six older interplant boxcars from the coal track for scrap. They'd been in there for several years and the track was comp... (more)

While pulling out of the Smart Paper mill on a wet winter day, we connected at the crossing with the blue car shown here. A slow speed impact, but not a good feeling. Driver wasn't injured, but I'... (more)

Rusting in Place

This train was kidnapped! Really, with onboard staff and all of your passengers! A really strange story ... that ended sadly, as the picture shows us.

Louisville Cement #11 has found it's way back on display at the main parking entrance at the Kentucky Railway Museum. While heavy lifting equipment was on site placing a turntable the opportunity ... (more)