SP MW 325 is one of five Maintenance of Way Flangers on a westbound manifest train pulling into Roseville yard.

Derailment cleanup crews have just switched on the floodlights at the Columbus Ave. overpass in Sandusky, Ohio, a couple hours after the first 17 cars on NS train 310 derailed while negotiating a ... (more)

Leaf rust stain on rarely used rail.

End of Track - the sign says it all! The once busy Alma Branch to the Sprouse Creek prep plant is now just a stub off the Pokey mainline and has been removed beyond the grade crossing ahead as nat... (more)

The red eastward facing signal illuminates the air as the headlights of train 306 comes into view, rounding the bend approaching Edmundston, New Brunswick.

Sunrise hits the 3,920 foot Salmon River Trestle. No train unfortunately, but even without it, it's still quite the site to see in colorful skies.

About 7:30am on a cold Super Bowl Sunday morning, a westbound U705 broke a couple rails east and west of Jesup on the CN Dubuque Sub. The signal maintainer came out and found a couple 2 inch break... (more)

Cooperation. The MTA Metro-North "Wreck Crew" was amongst a variety of emergency responders to CSX's Oak Point yard after a morning derailment on October 5, 2016. No one was injur... (more)

The vintage "Grossdale" depot stands proud on this calm September night, watching traffic comprised of both Metra commuters and BNSF freights pass by on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision &quo... (more)

Norfolk Southern had a little derailment of 2 gondolas loaded with pig iron. an NS local was pushing up the lead to the KBSR to clear Lafayette Junction when the derailment occurred. The location ... (more)

Norfolk Southern had a little derailment of 2 gondolas loaded with pig iron. An NS local was pushing up the lead to the KBSR to clear Lafayette Junction when the derailment occurred, dumping two g... (more)

MC 2007 idles at Cohasset Narrows in Wareham, MA with a dinner train bound for North Falmouth. The 271-ft tall vertical-lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal stands in the background.

Privately-owned caboose NYC 21052 at Rochester, MA.

The People Came Back. The Moynihan Train Hall was still the James A. Farley Post Office in midtown Manhattan on September 11, 2001 when the unthinkable happened. At that time, there was a f... (more)

Preserved. The former Northern Pacific Railway station in Missoula, Montana is a wonderfully preserved example of simplified Renaissance Revival architecture designed by Reed and Stem. From... (more)