At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)
It’s Christmas day and the scrappers working in Wisconsin Central’s Shops Yard locomotive facility at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are home with their families enjoying the holiday. In the fo... (more)
In what looks like a scene out of a post-apocalypse movie, the remains of the Boston & Maine engine repair facility at Iron Horse Park in North Billerica stand battered and weather-beaten after ye... (more)
Spiders, Rust, and Grafitti MPEX 57, an ex-MARC GP40WH-2 is seen rusting away in the Columbia dead line. This unit was retired from MARC service and sold off to MPI a few years ago and i... (more)
Broken Beyond Repair MBTA screamer #1007 built in 1978 sits abandoned in the Rochester dead line. At some point, vandals got to these units and stole horns, bells, numberboards, broke wi... (more)
This former Family Lines caboose patiently waits under the stars for a trip with its new operator, Atlantic Railway. The Atlantic Railway is the new operator of the 11 mile stretch of railroa... (more)
The remains of AR "Allegheny Ridge" Tower sits idle on this June morning awaiting it's final demise. Built by the Pennslyvania Railroad in 1944, it sits at the summit of the eastern cont... (more)
A pair of faded N&W boxcars still remain present, on the outskirts of Downtown Richlands, Virginia as of 2020.
Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.
A gaggle of former Milwaukee Road Cabeese rust away on St. Feriole island, near a grain facility in Prairie du Chien.
D&SNG K36 #482 is about 6 miles from its destination of Durango, passing the Home Ranch Siding, MP 457.25, at Durango, CO 9/24/18.
D&SNG K28 #476 pulls the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train carefully along the High Line, MP 469.2, Rockwood, CO 9/23/18. This, the signature location on the D&SNGRR, was the highlight of the trip f... (more)
D&SNG K28 #476 is in charge of the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train and passing the site of Bowen's Ranch, MP 479.55, 9/23/18.
D&SNG K28 #476 with the 2018 Fall Photographer's Train en tow, crosses the Animas at Tefft, CO 9/23/18.
Transloading activities are underway on a four-car derailment that occurred on the east end of the bowl at IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.