The Gold Bar turn prepositioning ballast cars for further flooding in the Skykomish Valley.

"Coke Zero With a Side of Water"

On the morning of September 2nd, 2021, CDOT/SLE train 1699, with CTrail (CTDX) GE P40BH 6711 sits stranded at CP274 in New Haven, Connecticut on Metr... (more)

CP 6068 and 2 other SD40s lead a loaded ballast train south on the Marquette sub while the Mississippi is experiencing record breaking flooding. Dropping ballast along the way, they'll only make i... (more)

On my way to a work related service call in upper Ellsworth, Maine, I came upon the crossing of Nicolin Road and the former MEC Calais Branch during the morning of December 4, 2020. A sign had be... (more)

Record flooding in the Midwest during the spring of 2019. SOO 4448 navigates the floodwaters through Port Byron, Illinois.

New Orleans is Underwater A frustrated trolley passenger has resorted to foot travel down the rails after moisture from the developing tropical storm Barry dumped 7 inches of rain to downto... (more)

BNSF MofW forces are probably real tired of inspecting track this spring in a boat. Here a crew works their way thru the Fort Madison Yard as a eastbound UP train pulls into town for a crew change... (more)

A tiny New York to LA Z-train blast off from a crew change at Fort Madison. As one can see the whole yard is under water here and even a blue dumpster has wandered off in the flood waters!. The Mi... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

CP 475 navigates the flooded downtown Davenport, moving at a steady 5mph. In a last ditch effort to outdo the floods, CP raised the elevation of the track through downtown Davenport, in some spots... (more)

The Mississippi River crested at an all-time high the previous evening and the water is still incredibly high in all low-laying areas of the Quad Cities. Rather than shut down operations, the CP i... (more)

Cutting it kind of close! With top executives on board, the Royal Canadian Pacific business train is headed north through the rain, making its way down the flooded Marquette Subdivision. The exces... (more)

A trio of veteran Canadian Pacific SD40-2's bring a 60 car Herzog ballast train through downtown Davenport. This view shows how the CP has elevated the mainline at least 2 feet over the Gaines Str... (more)

High water. Water is very high in and around Montreal, with the army having been called in to help with flooding. The high water is evident as CN 9547 backs up towards the Bickerdike Pier, ... (more)

BNSF's Rock Island local, running as lite engines, pushes through the Davenport floodwaters.