Maybe a bit of overfiring to produce smoke for the runby. Lerro Productions photo charter on the Grand Canyon Railway.

"We Didn't Start the Fire" Big Al, one of NYAR's senior engineers poses by a switch being heated by the Track Department.

"Torching Switches" New York & Atlantic Railway's MoW crew torches some frozen switches in Fresh Pond Yard after the January 5th "bomb cyclone" storm covered several switches in huge snow ... (more)

The Battle Rages On - Thomas Fire, Day 6. As the Fillmore & Western Railway's first westbound train since the start of the now 155,000-acre Thomas Fire trundles along as part of the 10AM C... (more)

Through the smoke and flames. Tip-toeing toward the MP 387.9 grade crossing, with an XH to have its train's conductor come out and flag due to power outages, Amtrak 761 crawls through Fair... (more)

Fire, Water and the Pacific Surfliner. Hurrying past the ever growing the Thomas Fire, Amtrak 769 passes through Seacliff as it heads north for its next station stop of Carpinteria. Later ... (more)

Train and bus collision in an accident simulation, for training to firefighters, paramedics and rescue teams

Fire retardent is poured on this dpu after blowing it's dynamic breaks. This train had a rough time getting things cleared after the fire was out due to confusion about whether the authorities wer... (more)

BNSF 573 (B40-8W) engages the turbo afterburner to muscle a heavy load out of the bowl in the Denver Yard. Is it me......or does that turbo fire look....'happy'?

I think the technical term for this is 'No Bueno'. The turbo on BNSF 573 (B40-8W) is blowing flame as it pulls a heavy load out of the Denver Yard.

The fireman of class 15F No.3046 adds a fresh layer of coal onto the firebed.

A view inside the cab of LNER B12 no. 8572 as it waits to depart at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway

On May 28, 2017...smoke rose near downtown Los Angeles as massive flames gutted a historic structure - the Redondo Junction interlocking tower. Built in 1906, the tower oversaw the passage of hund... (more)

Sunlight pours into the cab of former Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 as it emerges from the east portal of the tunnel while pulling the 1:15 Missionary Ridge Local back to Grand Junction.