A Maryland State Trooper gets the story from the driver of a car wedged up against the mainline near the Weverton interlocking. The Q276 crew stopped just in time to avoid hitting the stuck vehicl... (more)

The aftermath of a brilliant idea. A 23 year old man tried some sort of stunt on a dirt bike involving jumping an embankment on to or over the BNSF main lines. Resulting in critical injuries an... (more)

An idiot homeless guy grabs onto the sides of the bridge over the Alameda Creek, while Engineer Andy Willick slowly crawls past the bonehead, heavy on the K5LA of CDTX 2008.

Darwin Award Nominee!
As local freight SA-33 heads west out of Browns Yard, a fisherman remains on the railroad bridge while the train passes. A larger group of people were fishing off... (more)

A tresspaser with a bike crosses behind a "rescue" ex Santa Fe Dash 9, seemingly oblivious to the empty coal rushing down main 3. See Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Naperville, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 693
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 23, 2010

An accident that didn't happen...

A pickup truck darts across the track last second, right ahead of 499. Note that the train was doing every bit of track speed (50MPH). People sure can be idiots!

Hoping to make the crossing in time and with an arm stuck out for extra velocity and momentum, a Jeep crosses in front of half a loaded unit train of coal pointed downhill. The coal is destined fo... (more)

Beautiful weather in St. Albans really brings people out of the wood work, as two sets of trespassers enjoy a walk down the right of way in downtown St. Albans. The first set can be seen looking a... (more)

As the yard job slowly makes its way down the yard lead waiting to get authority to come out onto the Dixie controlled siding, a group of kids crosses the main. The kids had a few choice words for... (more)

It's sunset, and the Darwin Award candidates make their appearance again. This is one of the new Class 10M Metro trains, but despite the diminished clingon possibilities these guys still manage to... (more)

This woman was drunk....and just happen to go high railing down the H line..If I hadn't have seen her hazzards flashing like a EOT from a mile away, I would have knocked the car into the next mile... (more)

The crew of P34 saw a similar scene at Reston Manitoba but much closer except with a grain truck. When I took this photo the engineer was just notching it up to move 20 cars. When the engineer t... (more)

Trespassers! Some people just don't understand. NS 380 departs the Nitro Yard enroute to Institute. These two kids, which apparently do not care that a train is less than a stones throw away (pun ... (more)

NS C-01 led by 5623 crosses Rt 183 bridge on slow orders due to a 18 wheel big rig which ignored the signs 12' 6"