NS train 377 enters the Columbus, GA, yard, passing train 904 with the FRA/DOT test train.

Susquehanna’s Northern Division local drops a grain hopper at a feed in Cortland, New York. As run-down as the building appears here, it has been modernized, but it appears to currently be out o... (more)

Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration consist was lead by No. DOTX218 (blue unit), a Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle from the Office of Research and Development. The oth... (more)

”Combining the Worst Features of Rail and Bus”

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, British Rail and British Leyland undertook a program to develop a new railbus. One proto... (more)

The FRA geometry car and its accompaniment rest in Andrews Yard in Columbia, SC.

Two UP GEVOs (UP 7949 & UP 8229) lead an FRA track inspection train across 9th Ave in Portland, just east of Union Station. The test car is headed to Seattle where it will be barged to Alaska for... (more)

NS delivered the FRA cars overnight to the interchange for CSX to pick up later in the morning for a run on the Bowline. I just happened to be on my way home from work and found them!

An interesting find at the BNSF Northtown yard. The FRA track inspection vehicle DOTX 220. In 2007, Colorado Railcar built track geometry car DOTX 220 for the Federal Railroad Administration. DOT... (more)

This is a Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle. I heard secondhand that Norfolk Southern had just bought it. What it is is at: http://www.ensco.com/index.cfm?page=319

DOTX 217, a track geometry car waits for an intermodal train at North Powder. This complex car can be operated by itself or towed behind another locomotive. In this case, Union Pacific SD70M #4917... (more)

DOTX 217 poses in Louisville on a beautiful morning before departing on an inspection trip over the P&L to Paducah.

FRA track geometry train glides along inspecting tracks from Decatur to Mattoon. This self-propelled car holds up to 20 people, has a computer room and a kitchen.

DOTX 217, FRA Track Geomoetry Car, makes it way through Brandon as it makes its way eastbound to Meridian.

An FRA track geometry car has cleared the Wabash - Illinois Central diamonds. It will run south to inspect CN tracks from Decatur to Mattoon. This self-propelled car holds up to 20 people, has a... (more)

FRA Track Geometry Car (TGMS) DOTX 217, sits in the scale track at CSXT's Walbridge Yard, in Walbridge, Oh., for the weekend, inbetween testing durring the week.