A Norfolk Southern intermodal train charges up the West Slope of the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line as a spectator watches.

Amtrak 381's train is towed backwards towards Chicago after a collision with a farm tractor one mile west of Wyanet,IL.. The tractor driver was the only fatality and five passengers and one employ... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill job (101) begins it's journey to Frederickson. After shoving in to the UP's Fife yard, the train takes the short northern section of the Mountain Division over the Puyallup Riv... (more)

In its final weeks of operation, the northbound Ambassador, Boston & Maine train 75, makes its station stop at Bellows Falls, VT, behind an F3/F7B duo (4228/4266B). This was the day train between ... (more)

On October 12, Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad Cocktail Train is seen running from Chester to Rockingham, Vermont, on the final night of it's 2018 season. The east end of the consis... (more)

High Water on the High Iron. CP 475 plows through the flooded waters of the Mississippi River.

Amtrak Saves the Day. Tired, frustrated and worried passengers crowd the platform at Ventura as a lengthy Amtrak 769, using three additional coaches and one locomotive from the San Joaquin/... (more)

With a pair of Northern California cars and CDTX 2051 on the point, Amtrak 782 hustles into Emma Wood State Beach and under Pacific Coast Highway No. 1 as it skirts the Pacific Ocean this afternoo... (more)

"We Didn't Start the Fire" Big Al, one of NYAR's senior engineers poses by a switch being heated by the Track Department.

Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy division point. Narrow gauge trains f... (more)

Making the most of a day! Following meetings in New Haven, CT for my wife, the three youngest of our nine kiddos that were along were given the choice of where they wanted to go. The chant quick... (more)

Duct Tape Can't Fix Everything...

...despite popular belief. Though the talented shop force at Juniata probably can fix anything. NS 4001, the AC44C6M that was involved in the 59... (more)

Lake State Railway recently took lease of the former Grand Trunk Western Port Huron Track, a 3.9-mile branchline that extends from the former GTW yard in Port Huron to the Dunn Paper mill along th... (more)

One of North America's most beautiful trains, The Canadian in CP Rail colors starts its trip out of Vancouver, BC with Riding Mountain Park bringing up the markers. The CP station is on Vancouver'... (more)

Note that pile of new ties. They just didn't repair that section of track before the rail gave way.