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)

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 of the units from the derailment on 8/26 in San Timoteo Cyn in Redlands are now set to become scrap. These engines were part of a lightpower move that became a runaway train. The crew survived... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr skims along the desert floor at the foot of Utah's Book Cliffs.

CP's fleet of SD90MACs sit idle in the yard. These units have been inactive for over a year, victims of the economic down turn. During the month of March CP began mechanical evaluations on these u... (more)

Dead trains, live road
Despite politicians claiming their commitment to environmental improvements, the reality check says otherwise. The enormous lines of 430 dead SNCF engines in Sot... (more)

Through the trees, UP 5807 leads a northbound train onto the Salt Creek Trestle

Look out! A plow extra with a GP9 pushing explodes into a cut near Barrett. This was one of three plow trains running on this day to Glenwood, MN - one from Minneapolis, one from Thief River Falls... (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)

UP 4517 heads east through yet another tunnel as it makes its way through Gore Canyon.

First unit of a 15 unit order testing on the EMC Test Track in London

Crossing the Nuese River near New Bern, NC in the early morning.

Kodachrome II, Yashica TL

The mountains of Tibet, where a new railway was opened in july 2006. This train is headed for Chengdu, 3.360 km and 46 hours away. The highest point on the Tibet line is at 16.640 feet (5.072 m) -... (more)

Crews from Hulcher are working to remove damaged equipment after NS Train B33 struck a semi-truck hauling steel at the Mellon Street crossing in Detroit. The 3 crew members in the engine and the... (more)