Disrupting the silence in downtown Nitro at the early morning hour of 2am, a severe thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, bringing with it an impressive lightning show. The single yard eng... (more)

On May 21st an ethanol train plunged into the Little Cedar River. The former IC&E SD40 (in the foreground) was damaged beyond repair and scrapped. The CSX AC4400CW in the background received heavy... (more)

You've probably heard the tale of B&O's Tom Thumb racing a horse, but do you know where the story came from? The 1893 Columbian Exposition was a world’s fair that celebrated the 400th anniversar... (more)

BLM 1149 leads a procession of older European railway equipment on TTX flat cars. A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, tender/speeders, trucks and three coach shells make up the special loads.

An unique operation on Montana Rail Link’s 9.5-mile Harrison branch is that the local has to go through four cattle gates twice on each round trip. The train has to stop, with the crew unlocking a... (more)

ALTO continues to stand vigil at the foot of the Eastern Slope almost one year after it was closed in June of 2012. The leading edge of a storm is seen here blowing into the CP Altoona interlockin... (more)

Coming from Island Pond Vt, St Lawrence & Atlantic #393 pulls into the yard at Richmond Qc with a Swedish built train set. Destined for Tennessee, the consist will be interchanged with Canadian... (more)

Santa Fe 3279 rests on it side as clouds begins to close in on the site of the derailment just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Earlier, heavy rains caused track damage in the area, requiring w... (more)

St Lawrence & Atlantic #393 rolls through Sherbrooke as dimensional load Swedish built steam locomotive and tender crosses King Street. Wasatch Railroad Contractors is moving the train set... (more)

The sun has just come up as the hostler aboard 4-8-0 No. 475 rakes over the fire.

After a 34 year life on the railroad, the colorful aspects of this Railbox logo and slogan have faded away leaving behind their outline and original colors applied just down the road at the Pullma... (more)

Centennial Terminal As they have done for the past 100 years, passengers move about the terminal's main concourse trying to reach their trains or stopping to admire the sights to be seen i... (more)

On a chilly evening in New York City, Hercules, Mercury and Minerva stand tall atop the roof of Grand Central Terminal as they have done for the past 99 years welcoming passengers into this world ... (more)

Based on more recent shots of this area CN has really cleaned up the property. This must have been the area they put stuff when told "just throw it out back."

After a new coat of paint and its nose emblem added, this former Pennsy E8 looks great in the Southern Railway scheme as it sits at the Grants Mill Station on a foggy morning. All that’s left is ... (more)