A Montana Rail Link welder repairs the frog on the east switch at heavily-used Lombard siding in Montana’s Lombard Canyon on July 1, 2019.

After getting a fresh crew, the WNYP's Driftwood turn passes a local lumber mil with some equipment near the tracks just outside of Port Allgeheny PA. This crossing was the scene of a truck vs tra... (more)

Schnitzer Steel's small 44-tonner (I think) shuffles cars around at their facility located in the middle of Birmingham, Alabama while a strong squall line quickly rushes in. One can't help but fee... (more)

Coaling 2019 style. In the 10 years since I last visited the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, things have changed a bit. Gone is the massive coal pile that used to exist on the north side of th... (more)

What A Load of Garbage! Union Pacific's twice-weekly local, the LOF67, slides through the siding between Strathearn and Millhouse as it prepares to come to a stop...but not before passing t... (more)

Remember Kids, Don't Put Empties at the Front!

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Cu... (more)

Oops...

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Curve. The three locomotives remained on ... (more)

Clean Up, Track 3...

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Curve. The three locomotives... (more)

The massive walking dragline at the Bear Run coal mine in Dugger Indiana towers over an Indiana Southern train that is slowly making it's way around the balloon track, getting loaded up with Indi... (more)

Crews from Hulcher Services and RJ Corman work together to lift NS 7538 back onto the rails after it derailed. The derailment was caused when the train struck a truck carrying a roll-off dumpster.... (more)

Three Norfolk Southern locomotives, including the specially painted "Honoring First Responders" unit, lead southbound train 159 through downtown Greensboro, NC on a sunny June 24, 2019.

On a beautiful Friday afternoon at the NCTM CSXT 911 The Spirit of our First Responders unit poses with a Spencer FD fire truck.

A derailment on the morning of Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Tifft Yard in Buffalo, New York lead to an extensive and rapid clean up. A cut of tank cars found their way off the rails at the interchang... (more)

The Rochester & Southern salt train GW-1 is just departing the yard and about to cross Paul Road, passing by a feller buncher being used to clear trees and brush along the right of way for a power... (more)

After the new switch and track was laid down to replace the old one at CSX's Goodman Street Yard, front end loaders were used to spread ballast on the new tracks.