About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen about 5 minutes of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting ... (more)

About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen 60 seconds of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting to se... (more)

A pair of BNSF coal cars sit derailed while a terminal job moves covered hoppers of lime in the distance.

Crew on SD40-2 NO.770 observes the charred remains of SD40-2 NO. 6600. Trains 909 and 910 had collided head on the previous day when 910 neglected to take a siding. Crews jumped before the collisi... (more)

At 03:30 hrs on the 23rd of May Q194 rammed a stopped Q618 virtually destroying both units of Q194 and the containers he carried.

Several of the new ore cars on a Two Harbors bound ore train from Minntac derailed as they rounded the corner from the Missabe Sub. to the Iron Range Sub. One of the power sets from the T-Bird tr... (more)

A loaded ore train bound for Two Harbors derailed a number of its new cars on the west wye switch at Iron Junction, causing a major disruption to traffic at the busiest junction in northeastern Mi... (more)

DITCHED, part 2: ATTACHING CABLES. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the trac... (more)

DITCHED, part 3: EXTRACTION. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks and... (more)

DITCHED, part 1: THE AFTERMATH. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks ... (more)

Train derailment in Esquel due to strong wind. We were the first to give assistance with forest wardens

Train derailment in Esquel due to strong wind

Destroyed in a collision on March 31, 1998, the hulk of NS 8917 sits awaiting the scrapper's torch. What's left of NS 6154 sits in the distance.

I must admit, I took every opportunity to view RF&P 250 ton wreck derrick No. 1 when it was being used. It didn't get used often, but when it did, I tried to be there. Still, being steam powered... (more)

There is a bit of the past and the future in this photograph. In the background is the boom of RF&P Acca wreck derrick No. 1 working to clear a derailment at Brooke, VA on Sept. 25, 1976. Wreck ... (more)