On the evening of January 3rd 2018, a loaded Coal Train blasts out of the loading yard past 82 Station at the bottom of the grade out of Sandaoling Open Cut Coal Mine, Nth West China.

New slogan and paint scheme? Spotted at the Alton & Southern Gateway Yard.

Train of empties hit a coal truck and derailed at Nolan, WV, just west of Williamson. The truck driver was killed. Here is the truck frame wedged under the lead unit.

An eastbound BNSF freight crosses Noxon Bridge west of Noxon, Montana, just after sunrise on October 2, 2014. Fog is quickly burning off over the Clark Fork this cool morning on Montana Rail Linkâ... (more)

The ditcher has made 2 passes thru this decent drift at the top of Alden hill with the wings out to push the snow back, now MofW had the crew back up about a mile to hit this drift at 40 mph to cl... (more)

The ever changing scene at Larrys. Today, Penn Central, SP, DMIR, NS, BLE, CNW, and many others await their fate.

No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)

The Big Boy's first servicing stop for the day on Thursday, August 12, was Vinita, Oklahoma. This scene shows the typical crowd and turnout for the steam train's brief appearance in the numerous s... (more)

Three of the six units damaged in the head-on collison between two ore trains on September 30 rest at Lauren, just south of Highland, waiting to be scrapped on-site.

On-board Former CSXT 116, now C&O 8016 makes his way back to the Potomac Eagle station in Romney, WV to allow the passengers to detrain. NOTE: Photo taken with permission.

The legendary rotary snowplows have returned to Donner Pass. California has been hammered with numerous storms this winter. All of these storms have wreaked havoc across the Donner Pass Route. Fro... (more)

Hot Box
After being tagged by the XXB 152.0 defect detector, this tanker from Q602 was slowly taken to the house track at Milstead where it will wait for a replacement wheel set. Tha... (more)

Army-Navy football specials are lined up in the yard next to (then) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium on the south side.

Sea Of Horses A birds-eye view of the locomotive storage lines at the Juniata shops, Norfolk Southern's biggest locomotive shop. Unfortunately, due to decreased freight traffic in conjunct... (more)

An ABB set of E units move past Canal st. in Downtown Chicago. Photo taken by James D. Hediger.