A roundhouse laborer cleans off accumulated grease and dirt from the running gear of Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad K-37 No. 497 at Chama, New Mexico, on the evening of May 24, 1999.

Interstate's steam-powered derrick W50 is in the process of rerailing a Lehigh Valley hopper near Pine Branch, VA in the mid-'50s. In these more innocent times, there is only one hard hat to be se... (more)

While the Rio Grande was well known for heavy trains climbing steep grades with high horsepower locomotives, there were a few exceptions. On a bright June morning in 1987, the steel gang welder's ... (more)

Four veteran Interstate Railroad employees on the Second Yard Crew pose with their motive power--INT number 25--on a fall afternoon in 1953. The occasion is the last use of the Consolidation. Left... (more)

Preparing the hook. Members of the Nevada Northern Wrecking Crew scurry around Steam Crane A as they prepare her for a late afternoon operation to re-rail a hopper that has become a victim ... (more)

Preparing the hook. With shop mechanics already in the process of making her ready, the operating crew of Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane A (lower left) huddles to discuss the plan for an af... (more)

CN 2519 pushes the spreader towards Longlac where it will tie up in the Kinghorn Spur after doing all sidings from Armstrong.

Just before a spring shower hits Clinton, an empty coal train headed for the Powder River Basin makes a crew change. I never would have said this to the guys in the photo (I had friends on both c... (more)

Rio Grande Utah Division Engineer Jim Ozment offers the photographer a gesture of strength and might as he prepares his high rail vehicle for inspection of the track through Spanish Fork Canyon. J... (more)

A Rio Grande Fairmont Speeder takes the evening off, parked with a work train at Springville.

Valley Railroad workers remove a pair of trees blocking the path of a plow extra, consisting of former Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington plow and GE 80 ton 0901.

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)

A statue of a trackwalker is all that is left of the Southern Pacific Burbank Branch through the west side of Burbank. This branch once connected to the SP Coast Line at Chatsworth and Burbank Jun... (more)

The Donner Pass Route is famous for the incredible amount of dense-wet snow that buries this line every winter. Keeping this line open during the winter is up to a small group of dedicated men and... (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)