“Person Power!” Hidden behind the brightly-coloured umbrella a guy propels his passengers on an improvised and very unofficial passenger “sled” in Manila. In 1996 more than a million peop... (more)

Seen from the observation saloon on rear of the 0555 Colombo to Badulla near Nanu Oya. A track gang hitch a ride on a passenger train. This seems a very dangerous way to travel!

This is the Syrian version of the Galloping Goose ! From the informations that I could collect, it appears that this vehicle is based on a 1936 Ford truck. It was still in service in the year 2000... (more)

A weird home-built vehicle at the Viseu de Sus forest railway (Felsővisói Erdei Vasút).

A monstrosity of a machine, a Fairmont Tamper Ballast Cleaner idles away in the small Morley yard. Not sure of the age but possibly a leftover from a CSX predecessor.

The Breast Cancer Awareness Boxcar- I took this photo 5 days after I lost my wife to cancer. I just went out driving to watch trains and find peace and came across this. It did make me feel bette... (more)

Western Railway of Alabama steam pile driver at Camak, GA.

One of the few spots that I was able to get two of the three operating Geese in the same photos.

It had an insulated, probably raisable, platform to stand on to repair the overhead wire. It was both highway and rail capable. It looked pretty dead at the end of 1963. T. A. Coons wrote me: Tha... (more)

CR 0, now the property of NS, toils almost unnoticed at the wheel shop at Enola, PA. Built by Conrail out of an old EMD traction motor and truck, it serves to move units back and forth on the whee... (more)

Yes, it has a motor and it runs on the rails. Made by Johnson Industries and the first in the US, this auger sampler takes coal from each utility bound hopper as it passes by at Turley. Refer to 2... (more)

A rare EMD Model 40 on it's way to it's new home a the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The roof was cut off for clearance issues being truck to Duluth from the Mohall Sun Prairie Grain Elevator in ... (more)

I like the look on the face of this plow ... reminds me of a few people I know.

Electrified Caboose?!.... Nope, just a modified BC Rail Caboose still in its Two-Tone Green heritage once used for testing and repairing overhead power lines on the Tumbler Ridge Sub.

I couldn't believe the condition of this ugly duck.

UP 25633 came up from Crawford, NE and is spotted in downtown Rapid City to be unloaded. It's new owner will then truck it to Custer, South Dakota.

CP,s clean 39 Buick in front of Hays station ,it was acquired in 1939 to replace a 1929 Packard in the Ontario district.Apparently,it could do 72 MPH,had air brakes and the steering wheel was the ... (more)

Bogie wheels, cylinders and the bottom of a flame-cut smokebox - the last earthly remains of a once-mighty steam loco, now departed for the great marshalling yard in the sky!

RailMate bogie coupled between two trailers.

Perhaps the most unusual speeder of all time! This is a live steam speeder! A 4-6-2(?) propane-fired live steam loco mounted on the speeder frame drives the standard gauge axles via a chain drive.... (more)

A special test move of the RailMate system - a cousin of the RoadRailer concept. The 5 semi trucks are loaded with coarse taconite tailings loaded at Unitac for a road project in Central Minnesot... (more)

One of the most unique trolley cars in existence is Montreal Street Railway Open Car #2. This car has tiered seating and has controls at one end only. It was built in 1906 and operated in the s... (more)

Officially named "Hero", MWRy #1 was the Mt. Washington Railway's first locomotive. Nicknamed "Old Peppersass", because her vertical boiler looked like a bottle of peppersauce, this locomotive se... (more)

In addition to receiving Morris County Central 2-8-0 #385, the Whippany Railway Museum also was donated this "fireless cooker" 0-4-0. It's seen sitting at Cedar Knolls next to the 385, awaiting tr... (more)

Got a dimensional load coming? This vehicle seems to have all the necessary measurements covered.

The Patiala State Monorail Tramway(Trainway?). Locomotive built by Oresnstein & Koppel of Berlin, Germany in 1909. Wheel Arrangement: 0-3-0T (double flanged), with one 39" dia. outrigger balance w... (more)

PL3 and her three ugly sisters,idle impatiently while waiting for the green to join the main,on a stormy day at South Maitland Railway East Greta Junction.

The San Luis & Rio Grande "train" from Alamosa sits in front of the C&TS depot in Antonito. This is a former CN van used in the Northwest Territories.

No horn, gates open, slow "train" coming. Two workers push 'special' car from Organika Chemical plant, probably to check/repair side track

The CP "shunting committee" clamber aboard #1183 after preparing the overhead line inspection train.

Quite an odd smiley-face-mobile seen here at Carolina Steel.

The track gang gets creative in making sure they have facilities while working out on the line.

All South African electric locomotives up to and including the Class 7E's were bidirectional. That came to an end with the arrival of the Class 7E1's, with a cab at one end only.

Goose Creek Railroad #16 (ex-Tuckahoe Valley Railroad #93) gasoline-mechanical locomotive on a test run during restoration. This locomotive is two-foot gage and is powered by a 1959 Jeep engine.

WP&Y work train takes a small siding to let at least three passenger trains get by on their way back to Skagway. The work train was heading toward a washout somewhere around Bennett that closed th... (more)

Prototype missile launch car at the museum was developed in 1986 and carried one Peacekeeper ICBM that could be launched from the car itself. Car is 87 ft. long and weighs 520,000 lbs. A seldom... (more)

For years the series 1100 was the prime locomotive for passenger trains until it was replaced by the series 1600 in the 90's. The distinct nose was added in the 70s to provide the driver with more... (more)

409 nice to see this good old engine preserved in the National Rail Museum in Adelaide South Australia, good place to retire after a long life of hauling the trains all across Australia. I believe... (more)

EBT M-3, probably the most unique piece of equipment at EBT, homebuilt in the EBT shops originally with a Maxwell engine. It was rebuilt with a Nash drive train in 1928, and extensively restored ... (more)

PRR had a fleet of rubber tired switchers, first built 1912, originally battery powered & later repowered with gasoline engines. They worked the dockside industries in Philly, Baltimore, & Jersey... (more)

Experimental Parry People Mover railcar that works the short Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town branch on Sundays only

A brand new Chinese National Railway's GE C38AChe on display at GE Transportation, Erie, PA.

This Schanbel car is waiting at the Duluth Port Terminal for it's next large load.

There aren't that many HAA hoppers left in service in the UK, but 66014 has found some to play with at Tyne Yard near Gateshead.

California Western Railbus M300 is deep in the heart of the redwood forest at Northspur, CA. Once the passengers are off the train, they will turn on the wye, and after a short layover, will retur... (more)

This was EMD's attempt, along with the GM6C, to replace Conrail's aging fleet of PRR E44's and GG1's. Apparently they didn't impress CR officials enough, so no more were built and electric freight... (more)

Tanks creep east toward Rockville.

Traveling in style for the KJRY execs who hi-rail this shortline operation as their Cadillac hi-rail car is posed outside their headquarters in Keokuk, IA in 1994.

Holland Mobile Welder

Great Northern motorcar #573 heads eastbound down the East Troy Electric mainline on a excursion.

The shortest Amtrak Cascads trainset, made by Talgo in Spain, waits to someday be used in service. The purpose of this trainset is for spare parts, as it includes a Bistro, baggage, and generator... (more)

A string of military vehicles were being escorted by BNSF Special Agents.

Built by GM in 1958, was purchased by the Central Vermont and subsequently outfitted by Fairmont with Hyrail equipment. Was used in track inspection service until 1967 when it was donated by the C... (more)

A DODX car with a M-88A1 ARV on board heading west to Mechanicsville NY and then south. One of the many requirements was to be the "head car in view of the crew".

This snow plow was origanally built for the US Army.

M&E Railbus 10 was constructed in June 1918 for the M&E.

NS 174 sets out a high and wide car (army tank transporter).

On going repairs through the Bear River Canyon have assembled the largest group of equipment here in some time. This Jackson Model 6700 Tie Tamper with laser assisted rail leveling is a very inter... (more)

Should this be called a GG-1/2? Used for a while as the Wilmington Shop switcher. This unit also saw service as a self-propelled snowmelter for wintertime clearing of switches, by means of a downw... (more)

D&GV's diesel at the end of track in Durbin.

This is the Galloping Goose #1 replica now owned by the Ridgway RR Museum. It is an operating model and has seen use in Durango during special events.

Equipment of the 24th Inf. Div. loaded and headed for Camp Drum, NY for cold weather training. I was a guard on this train, it took a week to get to Camp Drum.

Original Galloping Goose poses the town of it's creation.