CP Rail's Inspection Train on the Bangor Subdivision is tied down on Penobscot Bay after a busy day of inspection the Bangor Sub. This train uses laser technology to inspect the rail for any defec... (more)

Inspection Train with Indonesian Locomotive CC300 was passing Gondangdia Station

Who wouldn't want to spend a Wednesday afternoon inspecting your railroad?

While on vacation in the Big Easy, I lucked into an inspection train. Running along the flood wall, NOPB 3002 is hauling 6-axle heavyweight Pullman rear observation cars Louisiana & City of New O... (more)

I was about a mile away from the siding at Cherokee Mills when I heard a whistle. So I went to investigate. Driving down the road that parallels the NS Main, I coduln't see any sign of a train. So... (more)

Metro North FL9s in two color schemes head up an inspection train southbound along the Naugatuck River at Beacon Falls, CT, on MN's Waterbury branch. The cars are MN's former Lackawanna observatio... (more)

back when Southern ran inspection specials, they liked the F units! these units are still in operation at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park. photo taken by my Dad, Richard Thomason

Springtime in New England. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited on it's way to Chicago on a picture perfect afternoon!