Here is a view showing the FEC derailment shortly after it happened. The FEC 419 remained on the tracks, but the FEC 433 rolled over on its side as the train was coming through the switch at the ... (more)

It is going to be a long day as FEC crews look over the damage after FEC train 226 north derailed coming out of the north end of the Pineda siding. FEC 433 is on its side, while FEC 413 remained o... (more)

A derailment occurred when eight car NICTD train 701 picked a switch at approximately 0500 hrs near the Carroll avenue station in Michigan City Indiana. Passengers had not yet boarded and thankful... (more)

Today, December 18th 2017, started out as a day of celebration for the first runs of the Amtrak Cascades and the Starlight on the recently finished Lakewood Sub. Instead, it was a day of tragedy... (more)

Multi-track Drifting!!

The Rose Yard job decided it wanted to try out drift racing. It turns out that, while you can do this with models, real trains should stick to one track at a t... (more)

Oops! The Rose Yard job split some switches while doing their work this morning.

In the morning of January 18th, 1993, a head-on collision between an eastbound and westbound South Shore commuter train occurred on the west side of Gary resulting in 7 fatalities and over 40 inju... (more)

This is the sight of the NS Exeter derailment on Virginia State Hwy 68 as 38 of 54 loaded cars derailed on the 3.5% grade. Hwy 68 was just reopened yesterday with the derailment occurring at 8:40p... (more)

Here is the sight of the NS Exeter derailment 38 of 54 cars derailed on the 3.5% grade. Hwy 68 was just reopened today with the derailment occurring at 8:40pm on Saturday Nov 18, 2017 just minutes... (more)

A lone, wrecked UP GEVO no. 2748 sits on a side track in Rawlins, Wyoming. The details of the accident is unknown to me at this time but the lower right front plow area and the back right side of ... (more)

I & M Rail Link train 98, Kansas City to Twin Cities hit a truck as the train entered street running in Bellevue, Iowa. Luck was with the crew, truck driver and local residents as there were no s... (more)

BNSF 573 (B40-8W) engages the turbo afterburner to muscle a heavy load out of the bowl in the Denver Yard. Is it me......or does that turbo fire look....'happy'?

I think the technical term for this is 'No Bueno'. The turbo on BNSF 573 (B40-8W) is blowing flame as it pulls a heavy load out of the Denver Yard.

Happy Friday the 13th. After making a setout on the industry track, an eastbound roadswitcher out of Williston was impacted by the setout rolling back out onto main 2 due to a lack of hand brakes.... (more)

These two SD40-2's were leading A84 when they struck an 18 wheeler attempting to beat them at a road crossing. We as railfans and photographers hate to see all the high hoods and standard cabs goi... (more)