Pan AM local ED-8 switches the yard at Gardner. in the foreground is an autorack car filled with burned-out vehicles from a recent unfortunate fire. All the vehicles and the railcar are a total lo... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Shortly after 0700 hrs, Baltimore County Fire Dispatch struck out Rescue Box 28-05 for the car vs train in the area of Rosedale Ave and Gilmore Ave, in Rosedale. Third Battalion career and volunte... (more)

SMASH!!! The B&O Railroad Museum staged a controlled crash between an automobile and train, complete with a demonstration by the Baltimore City Fire Department of extricating bodies from th... (more)

BNSF 9150 stopped at Castle Rock, CO, on Colorado's Joint Line, after an engine compartment fire developed. The fire call came in approximately 943am with the train not moving again until later a... (more)

Derailed cars dot the right of way around Horseshoe Curve after two derailments in the past 4 weeks.

Norfolk Southern's OCS deadheads west out of Altoona while passing the reminates of Friday's latest derailment on Horseshoe Curve.

Is This Where You Wanted the Grain Delivered?

While on a trip to see C&O 614 pull a trip from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, we had some time to look around the Steel City. At McKees Ro... (more)

Remember Kids, Don't Put Empties at the Front!

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Cu... (more)

Oops...

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Curve. The three locomotives remained on ... (more)

Clean Up, Track 3...

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Curve. The three locomotives... (more)

Foaming at Hamilton: First Responders apply some foam to put out a fire on an Amtrak electrical traction vehicle at Hamilton. Meanwhile, an Amtrak crew waits for the chance to move the ou... (more)

Due to reasons unknown to me, contractors doing work around the TEXRail line took quite an interesting approach getting their truck across the track causing delays with TEXRail trains. Joking asid... (more)

A derailment on the morning of Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Tifft Yard in Buffalo, New York lead to an extensive and rapid clean up. A cut of tank cars found their way off the rails at the interchang... (more)

The Closest of Calls!: After building their train and pulling through the wye, the OCS train comes to a brief stop on a quiet portion of Sixth Street. As it sits in the street, a bold ... (more)