Dangerous job: The 'Steffenbachbrücke' with cogwheel between Realp and Tiefenbach, a very special bridge with three parts. Every autumn about 15 volunteers hinge down this bridge in one day. Every... (more)

"Obstacles on the Bay Ridge Branch" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 stops just before the Bedford Avenue overpass on the Bay Ridge Branch to clear up some "creative" obstacles set up b... (more)

"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)

Less than 20 hours after Chesapeake Western's "Hot 70 car Grainer" had a car jump the track in "Boiler curve" some 20 cars behind the diamond, which then struck the trestle over Black's Run. The... (more)

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Emerging from the clouds into a little sunshine, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr approaches Tunnel 39 and prepares to enter Little Gore Canyon.

Devastating flood waters in November of 1985, brought destruction to the Roanoke Transportation Museum, then located in Wasena Park. The force of the water pushed C&O H-8 Allegheny, 1604 under the... (more)

A rare NS visitor makes its way up the Detroit Lakes Sub. Since the line leads to Canada, CP units normally lead here, but with this train terminating south of the border, these non CP units can ... (more)

One of Soo Line's first diesels, and only SW1 - delivered by EMC in 1939, arrives at its new home in Duluth. The small diesel had been owned by Independent Locomotive Service where it was repainte... (more)

Operating as NS train 958, the Petersburg-bound "Cavalier" excursion train crosses the curved trestle over Eagle Creek, east of Lynchburg.

"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)

Following up Monday's Green Mountain Railroad freight #263 snow moving venture through the Green Mountains, VRS dispatched GMRC's Russel snowplow, X106, Tuesday, to clear the rest of the line and ... (more)

Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year and to celebrate the event LSRC GP40-3 4325 was placed in service wearing a special logo and the number board font and cabside road... (more)

What a son tells his mother early on Sunday morning - "Mom, your car is stuck on the railroad track in downtown Duluth." Fortunately her insurance company paid the healthy fee to have it... (more)

Steam seems to defy gravity on a cold winters day, and on this 10 degree day in Alna, Maine it wafts about effortlessly. WW&F No 9 and short freight consist are seen departing Alna Center station ... (more)