Exactly 20 years ago today, 10/4/1996, the train crew of Camas Prairie train 63606 is approximately 6 hours into their day. At Cottonwood, the crew set out some grain hoppers and ran around their... (more)

Passing through remarkable Sheep Canyon is BNSF’s Cowley turn returning to Greybull, Wyoming, on June 22, 2016. Two recently reactivated EMD SD70MACs power the southbound train that is following t... (more)

**Taken with Permission From NS & The Land Owner** Friday evening on Good Friday, NS empty coal 593 with the 4001 leading, hit a kink in the rail from the heat and derailed, both units landed o... (more)

Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)

Even After 45 Years, I Still Have a Lot of Great Memories of This Day

Almost immediately after it took over passenger train operations from the private railroads In 1971, Amtrak sent... (more)

Some 11.8 miles off the Iron Range Subdivision on the DM&IR Wales branch is where they crossed the Cloquet River at Jordan. Based on the condition of the bridge and the sign now posted this is the... (more)

RTD (Regional Transportation District) in Denver, Colorado, is building another commuter line in the metro area with the N Line, referred to as the North Metro rail line during construction. The f... (more)

Paint crews are busy getting the next SD40-2F ready for the new corporate scheme for the Central Maine & Quebec. The 3-stage process has one unit being ground down and sand blasted, while one is ... (more)

Valledolmo

The last "Memorial" train for the closing of the line. on November 2 this stretch railway line will be closed for ever and replaced by a new double track railway line. Location Cervo (L... (more)

A BNSF Railway intermodal train for Barstow, Calif., meets a Bakersfield, Calif., bound freight train at Tehachapi loops during an unusually green and mild spring season.

The Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line – where the beach reaches the rails. Keeping Mother Nature at bay is a full time job for the crews of the Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway.

The 470 Railroad Club of Portland's annual charter train heads West passing under Route 302 at Cooks Crossing in Bartlett. The train will proceed West through Crawford Notch to Fabyan Station and ... (more)

Marksuhl

Early morning of September 26, Q455 (running as Z455) was leaving the CFRC territory and heading into the old ramp (likely to avoid congestion ahead of the SunRail start times) when the last 13 ca... (more)