A part for a Komatsu PC8000 hydraulic excavator heads west on CN 401. This superstructure came from Halifax and is destined for Edmonton.

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)

Its 5am and Eastern Kentucky is waking up. The core of our galaxy is rising over the classic C&O cantilever that faithfully keeps its watch over the Big Sandy Subdivision, as it's done for over ha... (more)

Making the best of sadness. The history of this spot is most famously known for the tragic events of May 8, 1974, when the bridge that now carries the Walkway Over The Hudson used to carry trains ... (more)

A westbound power move breaks the evening silence as it lights up the Chicago & Northwestern Searchlights in the town of Cortland, Illinois on Union Pacific's Geneva Subdivision. This location, ab... (more)

A Classic's Demise

It was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)

Just around the corner from where the Not-Quite-As-Mighty Willamette River joins the Mighty Columbia River in Portland OR, is the Columbia Grain Facility. In this scene the bulk ship Mamma Mia is... (more)

Sunset for the Southwest Chief- With the evening sky darkening, the last Superliner of the eastbound Southwest Chief streaks by the only wig-wag crossing signal in service on a Class I Rail... (more)

Still in use multilevel equipment is mixed with stored single level ex-GO Transit AMT 203 and a gallery car at the Pointe-Saint-Charles Maintenance Centre. In the background is the Victoria bridge... (more)

On a beautiful Spring morning, the early bird perches on the last remaining example of a B&O-style Tilting Target Signal still in use on the CSX system, standing watch over the Madison Railroad Di... (more)

All is quiet along the CN Minntac Sub at Noimi Jct.

Frozen in time. The mainline of the East Broad Top Railroad in Orbisonia, PA, was completed in August of 1873, ultimately reaching 33 miles at its height. When the line closed in 1956, it was thou... (more)

The iconic Pennsylvania Railroad color position light signals have stood on the Pittsburg Line since the days of steam and have seen four railroads. Sadly, they are all being replaced in favor of ... (more)

The remains of the Feb 28th wreck where one car derailed, and was dragged for a while, tearing up a few miles of track, before the train came to a stop, with about 7 cars derailed on and around th... (more)

As cold weather sets in the rail on the railroads will go thru some strain. As the steel cools with winter temperatures, it contracts. That means any points that are weak will break or pull apart.... (more)