Norfolk Southern had a little derailment of 2 gondolas loaded with pig iron. An NS local was pushing up the lead to the KBSR to clear Lafayette Junction when the derailment occurred, dumping two g... (more)

8133 was wrecked @ Hiram Ga in Dec 2021 , bound for Altoona Pa

Southern Pacific train No. 52, the southbound "San Joaquin Daylight," running south of Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California in January 1960. Photo by Southern Pacif... (more)

Arrival of the newly minted steam locomotive from China, JS 8419 is destine for Iowa and the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Note the damaged cab. © 1989 Steve Crise.

Canadian Pacific Railway's Montreal to Saratoga Springs, NY, train 228-19, is high above Lake Champlain at Willsboro, NY, with the one-of-a-kind Every Child Matters ES44AC 8757 leading SD70ACU 702... (more)

KCS Hi Railer following a detour loaded coal into Wylie yard keeping an eye for any sign of trouble with 4 rear DP motors and 135 coal hoppers.

Three PRR Alco RSD-12 8670, 8664 & 8666 were assigned to the pusher role in August 1964. Every freight departing Altoona for Gallitzin and the West was assigned a pusher on the rear to assist th... (more)

You just never know what you will find on track, today was no exception while I was out for a track patrol this morning I noticed what looked like a rock placed on the rail as I traversed Northwar... (more)

MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.

“Madame Queen” the diesel-devotees called her - or the “Queen Mary,” she was SF-1, under her original EMD (General Motors) serial number 744 of December 1937. She was 1800 horsepower, and ... (more)

On October 4, 2022, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local departs Logan, Montana, with a lone, weatherbeaten, but unique car. Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 is headed to a new owner, and will ... (more)

A westbound lumber drag crosses Salt Creek in the Cascade Range of Oregon.

"Removing the Wreckage at Eagle St."

On the afternoon of October 17, 2022, Avenue Auto Towing crews begin removing wreckage at the scene of an earlier grade crossing strik... (more)

At the bottom of the inner depths of Royal Gorge where Rio Grande trains once ran, is the passenger train of Royal Gorge Route Railroad on August 26, 2021. The view is looking down from the famous... (more)

While following the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon, an eastbound BNSF grain train passes Toston Dam east of Toston, Montana, running on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on the morni... (more)