Locomotive Graveyard. This was a wild scene not many get to witness. It reminded me of the part in Lion King where Simba and Nala wander off to the elephant grave yard. Carcasses of locom... (more)

Union Pacific's El Segundo Local heads east from its namesake town, passing a cement plant that is not railroad served. This job's power is left unattended during off hours and the local taggers h... (more)

OPR 801 was hit by one of the many fires that ravaged Oregon during the Labor Day weekend.The future is uncertain for this locomotive (hopefully salvageable), but the line didn't loose any of its ... (more)

Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.

While railroad museums and tourist lines strive to faithfully recreate vintage scenes when operating photo charters, generally hotboxes are not part of that experience. This overheated journal on ... (more)

Amtrak train A-920-1-05A creeps through Elk River after making multiple stops in inspect hot axles. On May 29, Amtrak 7 collided with a John Deere tractor/sprayer in Bainville, MT. The end resu... (more)

Special Amtrak move #920 rolls past Morton Grove with the Empire Builder set that was damaged in an unfortunate collision between the train and a tractor in Montana on May 29th.

After an incident with a RC move, CP G41 sits in Bensenville yard with 7 derailed cars, a totaled UP SD40, and many dozers cleaning up the mess...

Western Pacific Railroad Museum, where you can climb on the equipment (metal gets very hot in the sun)!

A shell of its former self. With the grain elevators of Hansen-Mueller in the background, BRAN 71 (Alco S3) seems to have found a final resting perch at Cox Contracting. After being built for the ... (more)

One of the more bizarre rail incidents I can recall in recent memory occurred in San Pedro yesterday when the PHL daytime Yang Ming Switcher engineer decided to intentionally ram his unit through ... (more)

One of the rattier units on the UP roster leads the Torrance Local back to Los Angeles as they head out of the job's namesake City.

Remote control locomotive ex-Mid South GP10 now used for Maintenance Way projects like ballast trains, tie replacement and rail trains.