The result of a switch left open. Around 40 loads of coal derailed near Stanwood, Iowa. No reports of injuries.

Freeport McMoran #63 accelerates up the steep grade out of Clifton, while three units wait in the runaway track for the train to pass. Soon these other units will head into Clifton to retrieve the... (more)

Loads of coal for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, TN exit the Earth at the south portal of Natural Tunnel near Duffield, Virginia shortly after daybreak on a muggy may morning. Someday I'll be loo... (more)

An empty fertilizer train out of Benkelman, NE, pulls into the Iowa Fertilizer's nitrogen fertilizer plant near Wever. This is a brand new fertilizer plant that opened up in 2017 on the BNSF Hanni... (more)

Minnesota - A Union Pacific northbound became stuck in a drift south of Ellendale, MN and rescue engine also became snowbound. The crews were extracted by emergency personnel. Late on 2/26 Hulch... (more)

Indiana Boxcar's Olin Locomotive Works is nearing completion on a rebuild of former Louisville & Nashville Railroad SD40 1245, built in 1970. The locomotive is framed in the cab window of former E... (more)

The Royal Air Force is decomissioning their fleet of Tornado jets and for three days this week selected aircraft flew over the various RAF sites in England and Wales. As there is an RAF base at Le... (more)

One of the roadswitchers (yes, being a cowl unit it is used for that purpose) eases on the breaks as it rolls out of Dealu after the two parts of the train was coupled. The weekly Dej-Sacel-Leordi... (more)

Q693-05 passes the remains of a derailed Q692.

The largest steam locomotive in the world. Is framed with the largest mountain on Utah's Wasatch mountain range. Mount Nebo 11929 FT Taken from Nephi, Utah.

This the Kalama Export Grain facility, with the Columbia River in the foreground and the BNSF Seattle Sub just beyond the ring of grain cars. The New Legacy has arrived and crews are getting her... (more)

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum helped celebrate the gold spike anniversary today as well as the 30th anniversary of the museum's operating arm the North Shore Scenic Railroad. What a fun was to... (more)

A scene to never be repeated... NS 052, the final Air-products High-and-wide train to ever travel the Lehigh Line departs Bethlehem. NS 1069 was an additional bonus to this rare move, including... (more)

A Canadian National empty coal train works upgrade on the Luscar Industrial Spur near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. The curious jog in the track 5 cars back is where a switch was once locat... (more)

A US Army soldier can be seen standing guard over the casket of President George H. W. Bush through the rear door of Union Pacific heritage fleet car number 5769 as the train makes its way towards... (more)