Firefighters, railroad workers, police, and a couple photographers at the site of a head on collision between Soo trains 909-910 about 1 mile east of Gilchrist. 910 was supposed to take siding at ... (more)

C&S Denver-Cheyenne freight extra 700D plowed in to on-time southbound Billings-Denver passenger train #30 at 6:48 a.m. in Broomfield, CO, when it failed to wait at Utah Junction or hold the sidin... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight made ketchup out of a tomato truck that strayed onto an unprotected crossing in the Salinas Valley. The trailer was split in two, but thankfully the driver and ... (more)

Kirow crane (known as Kumbokarno Crane) evacuated a bus wreckage. The bus hit by Prambanan Express train from Solo to Yogyakarta at about 10:00 Am. Unfortunately 15 people killed at this acciden... (more)

Not the way to start a rainy day! Night shift has left day shift a problem. Not much will move until 806 gets lifted out of the pit.

The second of two derailments today in Tacoma. This engine was switching the yard when it ran into the side of a southbound UP stack train. Not many details yet, but the engineer was taken to the ... (more)

On Friday September 12th, 2008, UP 8485 and MetroLink 111 were involved in a head-on collision. Sadly, 25 people were killed and many more injured. This was the worst rail accident in the United S... (more)

In a photo taken in 2007, an empty coal train passes by the remnants of a small derailment on the S-curved Crater Loops. Sources tell me that this was caused by a "stringlining" of the train whe... (more)

A broken drawbar is the least of the W&Is problems at the moment.

Cattle truck got hung up in the ditch swinging a right turn and with the cab stranded in the path of a loaded rock train. He got lucky enough to be able to drive the truck away after the investiga... (more)

When a derailed hopper has the yard tied up in knots, who ya gonna call? Ya call out "The Big Hook", that's who. In this scene, Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A makes short work ... (more)

Movie stunt train for Lethal Weapon 4 shot on location in Downtown Los Angeles on North Main Street at the L.A. River and Union Pacific crossing. Note the “fake” crossing gate mounted to the p... (more)

Hot Rail! Movie stunt train once belonging to the Santa Clarita Railroad (SCRX) performing a stunt with a Pontiac Firebird. Note part of vehicle firewall on right side of the locomotive.

#4319 has delivered the crane to the site of a derailment of 3 boxcars and a gondola

The first three units from the Longmont Turn seen here after the Turn derailed the night before. BNSF 8105 didn't fall completely over, but BNSF 9801 (SD70MAC) and BNSF 143 (GP60M) weren't so luck... (more)