Stuff happens! You've heard the news, here is the visual. CP 8628 was the mid-unit on the westbound, and CP 8874 was the lead unit on the eastbound.

Assigned to a system-wide inspection special for Union Pacific officials, UP 6936 powers the train up the former Southern Pacific Coast Line and across the famous Gaviota Trestle, located roughly ... (more)

Truck was Stuck due to Landing Gear caught on Crossing

These 7 BNSF engines sure have a way of brightening up a winter landscape. This train is departing the bowels of Glenwood Canyon and making way for Denver.

Northbound empty Canpotex, Inc. (Potash) train on UP's Ayer Sub.

Savannah & Atlanta 1065, Norfolk Southern's tenth heritage unit, is posed fresh out of the Progress paint shop in Muncie. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more i... (more)

Aftermath of vandals putting ties on the tracks. That's the power off Q226 in the background pulling two rerailed cars west.

A railfan takes video of 11V with three EMD leaders as it heads west through the Cassandra Railroad Overlook as the sun burns off the morning fog.

Two days after derailment, VIA 6400 sits on the ground without her wheels awaiting his transportation to Montreal...

The race is on!! With both trains speeding towards a crew change at Kamloops, CP's Vancouver-Toronto hotshot 100-22 is seen at left while CN's Vancouver-Edmonton M31051 21 is seen at right. They'r... (more)

Kodachrome II, Yashica TL

A thunderstorm that has blown in the from the east is sending reddish-colored lightning down to the ground right on top of the Sunset Route at the far eastern edge of Tucson. If memory serves me c... (more)

Two Southern Pacific units pose next to each other at Brightside Yard, home of the Niles Canyon Railway and GGRM. This was a night shoot put on by Vic Neves, producer of the popular railroad phot... (more)

The first three units from the Longmont Turn seen here after the Turn derailed the night before. BNSF 8105 didn't fall completely over, but BNSF 9801 (SD70MAC) and BNSF 143 (GP60M) weren't so luck... (more)

C&O #490: One of my all time favorite engines - built by ALCO in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as a streamlined Hudson in 1946 for "Chessie" service, the C&O’s hope for... (more)