Well, good news! The derail works!

Just over two hours earlier, at 7:00, this Union Pacific switch job derailed as it was bringing a cut of cars forward (eastward) to cle... (more)

CSX 5226 Leads the I026 Intermodal NB, over the Rahm Indiana Viaduct. The Viaduct runs over the Ohio River and is built above the flood plain.

Factory Fresh NS 1074, the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western heritage unit was recently cosmetically restored and mechanically overhauled. After more than a month in the paint booth, 1074 ... (more)

UP #844 waits for the Big Boy to roll in to begin the Spike150 Celebration outside Ogden Station in Utah. This ceremony commemorated the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike at Pro... (more)

Amtrak's Cardinal, along with some equipment from Beech Grove, goes for a spin after dropping off passengers in Chicago.

Classics NS 9549, a beat-up Dash 9, awaits rebuild at Juniata. In the background, an SD45-2 is awaiting accident repairs, and 8688, the Juniata fuel tender, sits with a wrecked Dash 9.

Climbing Cajon Pass as it heads east from Los Angeles to Barstow, and passing through Cajon Pass' iconic Mormon Rocks area, is BNSF Railway train U-LACBAR5-30Z, a "Special Unit Train" co... (more)

Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Southern GP50 7059 and two trailing SD40-2's lead a coal empty north towards Atlanta.

A pair of Cleveland Works Railroad jobs meet deep inside the steel mill complex at the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works in Cleveland, Ohio. A solo SW1500 hauls the bottle train towards the slag du... (more)

These were around for a while looking good and sounding almost as good as the ones with the real 20-cylinder 645s under the hood. I keep waiting for somebody to do an SD30. After all, parts is ju... (more)

The CPKC Golden Spike Special flies past the old grain elevator in Drake, ND.

Springtime lilacs are blooming in a roadside park as a southbound BNSF coal train passes an old water tank that once filled CB&Q steam locomotives with water at Gurley, Nebraska, on May 23, 2014.

Work is progressing on former Delaware & Hudson 18. Here it is a day in the sun for this beautiful diesel engine.

DXC 5229 leads classmate 5310 across the Taramakau River at Jacksons with the outbound 'Tranz Alpine' service from Christchurch to Greymouth. Taken with a drone.