CSX 366 " Chessie sticker" sits in south side on a siding after catching fire this morning coming through the J&L tunnel. Thankfully the crew was not harmed when it caught fire. The unit looks as ... (more)

HOTBOX! One of the spoil wagon axle boxes has caught fire as another empty spoil train pushes out of the yard at Ping'An Coal Mine.

A fireman-in-training on the Nevada Northern throws another shovel of coal into the belly of locomotive #40. Hearing him get feedback on the finer points of firing a 100+ year old locomotive was a... (more)

Built 1925 as GTW 8325.

On Saturday morning 13 February 2016, a work crew was grinding rails, when sparks ignited the trestle. Attempts were made to extinguish the fire, but clearly that was unsuccessful. To the best of ... (more)

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 269.9 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The 1st real cold... (more)

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 269.9 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The 1st real cold... (more)

The two locomotives used for the day's Santa Specials undergo disposal and the fires are removed form the fireboxes. They were responsible for hauling 9 trains loaded with children today, all of w... (more)

P&W 2307 backs a couple cars away from the impact zone the following day after a semi truck slammed into a cut of cars in north west Portland. Sadly, the driver lost his life but fortunately the c... (more)

This mangled mess is all that is left of a semitrailer truck that crashed into a cut of tanks cars carrying oil used for making asphalt. The accident killed the truck driver and sent plumes of bl... (more)

BBQ unit

Evening.Time to put the toys away

The California Zephyr was about an hour late this morning getting into Denver's Union Station due to a small fire which started in the last car. The train went into emergency stop in Commerce Cit... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph.