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

Southern Pacific Golden State dining car “Golden Trencher” is freshly-painted and on display at the Union Station Railroad Museum at Mendota, Illinois, on April 8, 2016. I didn’t have the opportun... (more)

The "Rhaetian Crocodile" stretches its brown nose out of the 450 metre long Wiesen I tunnel. The bridge over the Brückentobel stream is only 10 metres long and leads directly into the 96... (more)

The skeletons of two EMD SD70M cabs, including the old cab from Union Pacific No. 4323, sit in a used parts supply outside the shop buildings at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Litt... (more)

Once a railroad town…
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 divis... (more)

Roy Hill Australia 1022 and CP 8139 are northward approaching the end of the GE test track at Justin, TX, with the CP unit shoving and the RHA unit in dynamic, holding at 15 mph for a validation r... (more)

Bahnpark Brugg is home of several historic (Steam-)Locomotives. Once every year, they open the doors to the public and many oldtimers can be seen in action or are at least presented in a proper wa... (more)

When a "Deuche" meets a Pacific, it certainly deserves a picture! It may look like a scene out of the 1960's.

Vermont Rail System’s GMRC train 264 is westbound at Chester, Vermont, with VTR SD70M-2 431, VTR GP40-2 308, CLP GP40-2 306, GMTX GP38-2 2205, and VTR GP38-3 206.

Heavy thunderstorms the night before have left a little lake around the former Providence & Worcester 3008. We were told that the NREX 3008, the former Conrail 7136 and CSX 7001 will likely be sc... (more)

Cleaning up after a derailment. Intermodal train CN 148 derailed on CN's Wharf Spur early this morning and the cleanup continued throughout the day today. Here Port of Montreal power (POM 2... (more)

Leapfrogging. A Port of Montreal truck crosses one of the many crossings in this area, leapfrogging a slowly approaching train so that it can protect another crossing, as a transfer led by ... (more)

Cheakamus Canyon in my opinion is one of the most spectacular railroad locations in Canada. The railroad drops on a steep 2.2% grade along side of the raging Cheakamus River cutting a narrow defi... (more)

Recently restored to operation, some IRM members took the opportunity after operations had wrapped up for the day to pose 92 next to the Santa Fe sign

Bessemer & Lake Erie 868, the yard power used at Conneaut Harbor, sits in the yard as the power set that brought empties into the harbor pulls to a stop so the crew can take a lunch break. Nearly ... (more)