The unfortunate aftermath of the MWCNP train with UP 7088's blown turbo and trailing unit 6609 hidden beneath a blanket of crankcase oil. The first 15 cars of the manifest freight were also bad or... (more)

At the railway Museum Kötzschau

"El Segundo Local" LOW20 passes one of the 4 remaining wig-wags on UP in SoCal. One of the infamous 4th Street gensets which now feature more graffiti than original paint leads. The replacement cr... (more)

Sixty years have passed since this empty narrow gauge hopper last moved. During that time, Mother Nature had begun its process of reclamation. Rails have sunk into the ground and many wheels of ad... (more)

Hino truck converted to railcar

A look deep inside the East Broad Top Graveyard at Mt. Union. The Kovalchick Salvage Corporation decided not to scrap the railroad and when they bought it in 1956. In 1961, it officially became a ... (more)

"Welp!" It has been almost four and a half months since the July 14 derailment, and a few minor things has change since than. The corpse of the very first NS rebuilt Dash8.5CW still stand in its r... (more)

When two railroads share the same section of track and the switches are required to be locked, you come up with a way to put two locks on it... or give out keys, but in this case you get creative.... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)

Home-made railbus in Vyhoda the last forestry line in activity in Ukraine

The abandoned loading platform only emphasizes just how bent up this gondola is. Photographed on Jones Island in Milwaukee in May of 1983.

Was out hunting trains, specifically this new GP38-3, but instead was also able to hunt this fella. He paused for a while, but moved when the locomotive got closer.

A pair of helpers shove an eastbound oil train past the Railfan Park at Cassandra, PA.

A pair of deer are nearly synchronized as they cross in front of a westbound City of Prineville Railway train approaching Prineville Junction, Oregon, on September 28, 2016.