Don't even try to stop it. The Fillmore & Western Railway is known for being the location of the filming of many movies, useful because of its long stretches of desolate track far from population ... (more)

I could not find anything about this tiny switcher sitting in a small industry south of Johnstown, Colorado. The locomotive is lettered J&E Railroad #2771. The tiny engine is dwarfed by the ex. B... (more)

A bitter cold winter day has caused a rail break on the Wisconsin Central main line entering Shops Yard near the Subway Road grade crossing at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on December 11, 1994. T... (more)

Aerial tree trimming along the New England Central is currently underway. The project will take the crews from Vernon VT to Saint Albans VT and is expected to take three months.

A deer crosses the tracks as WE 2662, a former Southern Railway high-hood GP35, switches at the Solon industrial park. Don’t worry, she wasn’t hit.

A few words on design. When Budd built the bulk of its streamlined stainless steel rail cars from the 1940s-1960s, it worked at the direction of its customer railroads, who in turn were designing ... (more)

The 140 A 259 is displayed on its side to evoke the acts of sabotage performed by railwaymen at the time of the Resistance during the World War II

"Watching Trains at Nassau One Last Time" With news that Long Island Rail Road's Nassau Tower in Mineola closing, several railbuffs, rail employees and others from near and far s... (more)

Trespassers swarm the track, causing the northbound Amtrak Surfliner to slow its approach tremendously. Amazingly, some stayed on the track until the train was a 100 yards away.

The Milford-Bennington Railroad has a stretch of uneven track looking quite precarious as it leaves Milford (Granite State Concrete) and heads to the quarry in Wilton. The locomotive here is pushi... (more)

Temporary Platform Gondolas were recently converted from MOW gons by the Bear shops and deployed to support a track work project on the NEC. They allow high level boarding from the center track wh... (more)

Temporary Platform Gondolas were recently converted from MOW gons by the Bear shops and deployed to support a track work project on the NEC. They allow high level boarding from the center track wh... (more)

This very rare picture shows a chemical generated aurora that comes from two NASA Rock probes launched over Northern Norway (Aurora Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment) additionally a light natural ... (more)

Close Call!

With the headlights and ditch lights on at first glance this looks pretty scary. But after a second you realize the train is not on the main and the woman isn't run... (more)

The action take place at the Borovichi Bricks factory. 10KA narrow gauge electric pusher goes with clay train to the brick factory. Novgorod region, Russia