Wrecked Amtrak P42 9 sits outside the shop at Beech Grove.

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

The skeleton of an old, fallen tree descends into an icy Clark Fork on February 9, 2024, and is passed by a westbound BNSF grain train crossing Bridge 62 over the inlet of Swamp Creek at Tuscor, M... (more)

View from the vestibule…Our westbound excursion train is passing Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse, in the left background, and a yard switching crew that includes N&W U30B 8476 and C7F caboose 55755... (more)

A spectacular sunset provides the backdrop for an Amtrak long distance train, bound for New York and points north, captured here in Bensalem Township, just north of Philadelphia.

Nature's "Big... (more)

While operating on former Western Railway of Alabama (later Seaboard System) trackage in front of the old Opelika union station, the CSX office car special is about to cross the former Central of ... (more)

An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.

Progress Rail EMDX 50, working Pacific Harbor Line is an SD40JR, battery powered locomotive.

NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .

The 3018 one of Great Northern GP35s rests between assignments at Minneapolis on July 28, 1965. The major identifying feature between the first and second GP35 orders was that the first group was... (more)

WALSENBURG CO July 4 1978 – D&RGW GP40 3085 and four other B-truck locos smoke their way out of town with a mixed freight in tow. According to www.drgw.net 3085 was, "Retired by UP 25-May-2... (more)

BN F45 no. 6607 shows off its fresh BN paint job in the company of F45 mate no 6616 at North La Crosse, WI in March 1973. The unit was built as GN 434 in June 1969, while BN 6616 was built for BN ... (more)

Two exquisite Pan AM covered wagons have made a home by the CSX shops in Waycross after being acquired in the Pan Am takeover. Unfortunately, there is an air of uncertainty of what the future hol... (more)

The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Great Northern 325" on a photo passenger special. The GN 325 was repainted earlier in 2023 at Relco in Albia, IA thanks to a generous anonymous d... (more)

Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!