CSX ES44AH's 911 and 1776 have been repainted into special schemes honoring first responders and veterans at their locomotive shop in Huntington, West Virginia.

Engineer and Fireman killed in the fire after locomotive plunged onto the street. Derailment caused by a loose gearcase fouling a switch.

After one "normal" runby, the crew of the Photo special, showed off by exceding the speed limit (just a little) and blowing off the boiler, giving off a man made rainbow. Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: 478
Train ID: Extra 472 West
Photo Date: September 25, 2005

SPRINGTIME STREET RUNNING! What better way to welcome in the first offical day of Spring than with a Street Running shot of blossoming trees framing NS 191 along this stretch of 6th ... (more)

Denver (North Yard) to Grand Junction, CO manifest freight MNYGJ rolls west out of Gore Canyon along the Colorado River near the east end of Azure siding.

A derailment of 11 grain cars at Cajon Station at the rear of the train. This train had DPU's and the train apparently tried "straight-lining" itself on the curve.

Narrow Gauge White Pass 114 rebuilt at CEECO, after 9/3/06 derailment near Skagway Alaska, on it's way to a ship in Tacoma. Cli... (more)

About an hour into its second trip over Donner finds the SPMW 209 cleaning up the leftovers of an Eastbound Spreader set up Main #1. This single Rotary set included the SPMW 8208 "snail" for elect... (more)

SP 4449 makes her way through former Great Northern territory under beautiful blue skies on a holiday weekend en route to points East.

The West Portal of State Line Tunnel plays host to CSX 4782 leading Q423-09 down the west slope of The Berkshires at 01:58. Pitch dark at night here, fine for night photos! Headlights of westbound... (more)

Before she was famous, and the last operating Rio Grande tunnel motor, 5371 earns her keep as she leads a freight across the Utah desert in the setting sun. Sure do miss taking trips to photograph... (more)

Close call at Toltec Siding. RP viewers who have met me know how much I dislike derailment photos. While I actually have a few of them, I typically don't post them, because they show the u... (more)

2 AMTK P42DCs lead the Portland section of the Empire Builder through the Columbia Rive Gorge. That's 11245 foot Mt Hood in the background. The Empire Builder is almost right on time and the sche... (more)

A westbound stack glides into one of the most dramatic scenes of the day.

Power for a string of new BNSF Covered Hoppers