Looking rather worse for wear, the fireman's side of NS 1036 bears the scars of a derailment caused by a sun kink. Now sitting upright in a farmer's field, 1036 awaits a return to the rails for a... (more)

*Taken with permission from the land owner. This was not shot on Norfolk Southern property*. First & most importantly, the crew of this engine made it out with minor scratches amazingly. This is w... (more)

**Taken with Permission From NS & The Land Owner** Both units from the 593 derailment sit up right in the dirt sunday afternoon, the 4001 & the trailing unit 1036 suffered alot of damage from ... (more)

**Taken with Permission From NS & The Land Owner** Friday evening on Good Friday, NS empty coal 593 with the 4001 leading, hit a kink in the rail from the heat and derailed, both units landed o... (more)

Ya Can't Fix Stupid! One of the hazards of street running is coming across people who aren't all that bright and can't seem to see there's a train within feet of their vehicles. Such was the case ... (more)

What a son tells his mother early on Sunday morning - "Mom, your car is stuck on the railroad track in downtown Duluth." Fortunately her insurance company paid the healthy fee to have it... (more)

Not your normal day in Willbridge Yard after a semi-truck managed to drive of the highway.

During the evening of March 6th a line of strong thunderstorms ahead of a cold front pushed thru Missouri with straight line winds and tornadoes. Strong winds ended up knocking over this stopped ... (more)

This is the aftermath of the November 22, 1994 taconite train runaway on Tennessee Pass. The train ran away on the 3% grade, and ended up in a pile at the bottom of the Mitchell Curves. This is a... (more)

This is the aftermath of the November 22, 1994 taconite train runaway on Tennessee Pass. The train ran away on the 3% grade, and ended up in a pile at the bottom of the Mitchell Curves. Remarkabl... (more)

We went up to catch the Dry Valley Railroad operation by Soda Springs, Idaho. They had recently started using a couple Alaskan F units. When we got there we found their former power lying in a pil... (more)

Kind of Like What Happened to "the Leader" in the Movie Sleeper...

Cotton Belt 7643 was built in January 1979 as part of an order for 30 GP40-2s. It served parent company Sou... (more)

On a early Sunday morning the small river community of Massey was awaken to a 26 car derailment. This northbound empty CP sand train derailed close to track speed. Few of the people near the track... (more)

Just before midnight, crews from BNSF and Hulcher Services go about picking up BNSF Train at H PASKCK9 07, which derailed at MP 22 on the BNSF St. Joseph Sub. about 1900 this evening attributed pr... (more)

A minor mishap on the Assembly Street Lead today saw a group of 4 cars derail. This would clog things up for a short period of time as an E320 coal train was on its way out of Norfolk Southern's ... (more)