Snow blower truck clears a switch. He will be at it again Sunday when the area is expected to get over a half a foot of new snow.

During the Second World War, the U. S. government had Pullman construct a large fleet of troop sleepers. After the war, surplus cars were purchased by several railroads and converted to various us... (more)

Interesting former GN (ex-Army) plow enjoys the summer weather before winter hits. I believe this plow was sold to the RRV&W.

An RJ Corman ballast train is dumping fresh rock along Lexington, KY's Belt Line near the area of the former C&O Railroad Netherland Yard. In the center back of the frame is the former C&O steam-... (more)

A switch heater may be little more than a heavy duty pilot light, but these silent, hardworking blue-flamed sentinels protect the interlocking at CP-Bethlehem winter after winter, as reliably toda... (more)

Fighting against the snow in Kleine Scheidegg station on 2061 meter a.s.l. Electric cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 8, dating from the opening of the Jungfrau Railway in 1912, with mounted snowblower... (more)

Two workers watch intently as Loram rail grinder no. RG302 makes a pass on a curved section of track on the BNSF in Algoma, Idaho (near Sandpoint). Note the spare grinding wheels hung up on the si... (more)

How Tomorrow Moves...Snow. Or so says this CSX flanger. Flangers like this one have been the primary means for snow fighting on this ex Conrail line between Boston and Selkirk since this series of... (more)

Nevada Northern Rotary B. One of the most interesting pieces in the collection of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, and one that is rarely photographed, is Rotary Snow Plow "B". She rare... (more)

By a cloudy and crispy day, the employees are working on a minor derailment in Farnham yard due to the snow accumulation in the switch.

Absolute chaos... A Jim Dobbas employee races to move timber under the tracks of one of Dobbas's massive cranes that is being utilized to clean up the mess from the derailment of the IG3OA in the... (more)

Elementary, Watson! It appears the cab-end truck on Lehigh Valley C420 #411 has picked a switch point, thereby dragging the two adjacent locomotives off the rails as well. And check out the guy o... (more)

The business end of an undercutter. The Florida East Coast Railway leased a Canadian Pacific undercutter to clean ballast along its mainline in February 2007. Here the machine is seen working on... (more)

A Union Pacific track inspector is removing his hi-rail truck from the main line west of Clay, Colorado, at Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing. An eastbound BNSF train is approaching, and consider... (more)

Snowblower X rot mt # 95403 and dual power locomotive (diesel/electric) Gem 4/4 # 801 after clearing the tracks, going back to Ospizio along the Lago Bianco.