Five Milwaukee Road GP-series diesels rest on the garden tracks next to the turntable at the railroad’s West Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Shops in 1984. In the following year, the bankrupt railroad wou... (more)

3 LPG tankers car derail over bridge. difficult to rescue!!!

Today's westbound Rocky Mountaineer eases through the curves of the downslope of Kicking Horse Pass on its way to Lake Louise and points west.

What was once a bustling yard at the north end of the L&N is now home to hundreds of stored rail cars. Some of these will be rebuilt by Progress Rail (buildings visible at the top of the photo), b... (more)

Amtrak conductor Larry Bjornson unloads bags from the new baggage car of Amtrak's westbound Cardinal No. 51 in a damp and humid Huntington, W.Va. on the night of July 19, 2015.

Located 251 miles from Chicago along the busy BNSF Aurora Sub, these ABS signals will show green all night unless something passes on main#2. These signals date back to the CB&Q days. Unfortunatel... (more)

With a half moon illuminating partly cloudy skies, a westbound loaded coal train exits the Coal River Subdivision with an approach slow signal at "Indian", CLF 1.0 on the railroad's form... (more)

This 6:30am sunrise was only missing one thing, a train.

The Zephyr Returns. On Father's Day of 2015, a recreation of the famous California Zephyr traveled roundtrip from Oakland to Portola. The train consisted of four stainless steal rail cars,... (more)

A BN worker surveys the damage at the Hillsdale derailment site while a side-boom begins to move a Manufactures Railway boxcar. This Kodachrome was processed in April 1977.

Several BN officials survey the derailment at Hillsdale. This Kodachrome was processed in April 1977.

A splash of color among a predominantly solid Norfolk Southern roster sits at the railroad's Linwood Yard engine facility on the morning of May 29th. A high five goes to the first person who provi... (more)

A series of June thunderstorms wrecked havoc on CSX's southern coalfields of Logan county, leaving signals crushes and much of the mainline impassable until waters receded. Here, before the signal... (more)

Much can be seen in this view of Canadian Pacific’s yard at Nelson, B.C. on June 10, 1975: the large depot and division offices under the red roof in the background, adjacent to the car shops; ... (more)