An intercity train is approaching Qingcheng Station.

East Cavern. On February 10, 2016, East Side Access was still a good number of years away from becoming Grand Central Madison. This area would become the tunnel for tracks 203/204 on the up... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

A HVRM crew proceeds west in a former NKP speeder with the task of inspecting the track ahead of a HVRM/FWRHS NKP 765 passenger excursion originating in North Judson, IN.

The 2nd story of Grasselli Tower is placed on the 1st story on a beautiful May morning in North Judson, IN on the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum property. More info about Grasselli Tower here: ht... (more)

Union Pacific maintenance-of-way people meet to discuss how they are going to do some tunnel work on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision amid train traffic and a heavy snowstorm. The plan was to use a H... (more)

Light in the Dark. A pair of railroad lanterns sit trackside at the Connecticut Trolley Museum, casting a warm glow on the cold winter night. At left is a Dietz Vesta marked for the New... (more)

Pennsy Heritage. A number of Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Position Light signals are seen at Forest Hills Station on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The LIRR was once owned by the PRR,... (more)

Planned Cuts. During a scheduled outage at Amtrak's New York Penn Station on January 10, 2018, a track worker cuts a section of rail on Track 15 that will be removed as the entire roadbed w... (more)

A Clean House Is A Happy House. A previously overlooked photo from August 13, 2020 tells almost as much of the story as many others from that day that show people or trains. On that day, th... (more)

The Amtrak Station in Rome, NY

Damaged rail can be caused by flat spots on wheels and high tonnage. Defects like this one can eventually give way and cause a derailment, especially in cold weather. Railroads are usually thorou... (more)

Winter in Montana can be brutal, and during one of these bitter cold days, a Montana Rail Link section crew digs out a switch serving Thompson River Lumber before MRL’s Paradise local arrives to... (more)