Fireman loading coal into 491s boiler
In the rear cab of cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 1 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937 by SLM and BBC for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB). The train is running up the mountain with about 21 km/h, the view ... (more)
Steam rotary snow blower, place of the fireman, shortly before the vehicle was coupled with the tender on the turntable of Realp DFB. The driver of the R 12 is in front of the vehicle. Now, after ... (more)
"Cogger" Joe Eggleston and his "office". They say that if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. Of all of the railroad people I have met over the years, I think this ... (more)
The fireman is just throwing some shovels of the welsh coal into the firebox of the cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, while the engineer Reto is operating the firebox door with his left hand.... (more)
The engineer is driving the Ge 4/4 # 81 of the Blonay-Chamby Museum Railroad with train 34 from Chaulin-Musée down to Blonay. The locomotive was built in 1916 by BBC and SLM for the then independ... (more)
NCDOT had an Amtrak Piedmont consist on display for a promotional photo shoot.
Montana Rail Link engineer Ralph Mackey carefully backs to a joint on waiting tank cars while making up MRL’s night gas local at Missoula, Montana, late on the rainy afternoon of September 21, 2... (more)
Legendary engineer Sigi Liechti on the throttle of the 3000 horsepower 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 on the trip from Brugg AG via Berne to Lausanne, near Fribourg. The heavy fuel oil fired, canadia... (more)
Engineer of the most powerful one meter gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe, the 0-8-0 T HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), when running around the train in Oberwald.
Reefsteamers' birthday girl, the 100 year old class 12AR No.1535 - the sole survivor of her class - is in the process of being turned on the balloon, following which she will recieve a good tender... (more)
From the cab of T&P 316, T&P 610 basks in the afternoon sunlight before being pushed back into the Texas State Railroad's Palestine shop building
The man in charge of the locomotive, seen from the cab.
Cab view of Ontario Southland Railway FP9u #6508 at Woodstock, ON.
Engineer Lane Baker concentrates on his duties as he guides the passenger train around the property on a cold, rainy winter weekend.