If you were planning on getting any of the ex-CB&Q search light signals along the Aurora Sub, then I would make your plans now. The BNSF is installing CTC to the double track ABS section from LaCr... (more)

A set of three signals guarding a section of track on the southern end of BNSF's Orin Subdivision stand tall as a line of threatening storm clouds pass overhead.

Severe Thunderstorms at 10:35a blew 5 railcars and 11 40' containers over the side of the Huey P. Long Bridge. Railcars and containers fell about 60-70 feet to the ground. There is one railcar th... (more)

Tennessee Pass Line under a full moon nearly 18 years after the last revenue train traversed the line in 1997.

Signals around the country keep falling for upgrades to the signal systems for the PTC system due to start by the end of 2015. That means lots of character and history is being torn down at a rapi... (more)

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The south end of Kelsey is lined up for a northbound to take the hole for a southbound loaded ore train. The Northern Lights are starting to fade out after a great 2 hour impressive show in the no... (more)

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WSOR had an extra "Gavilon" grain train to run out of Avalon last night, but it would never make it back to the UP yard as intended. At around 9:00 Sunday night, people reported a train ... (more)

SP was experiencing wheel lift of 90-ft. piggyback flat cars on curves in early 1964, so they placed cameras under one of them, coupled to fully-loaded ballast cars, to watch during tests at their... (more)

Signal at MP 51 on the Missabe Sub is lined for a northbound freight as the colors dance in the northern sky. The Northern Lights were pretty powerful being this far north for a short time this ev... (more)

CN has been updating the mainline around the Shelton Junction area to help increase train efficiency in the area. With that the signal system is getting updated too. These classic search light sig... (more)

Only Pacific Business Class is found on the Pacific Surfliner.

The distant roar of a Westbound grain train clawing up the .65% grade out of the Souris River Valley fills the chilly Spring night sky; and the intermediate signal at MP 16.7 gives a proceed indic... (more)