Near PRR's Bayview Yard, an unusual electric tractor is seen switching cars down Monument Street. This tractor was built at the Pennsy's Altoona Works, and was specifically designed to move freigh... (more)

Is the horizon level OK? Rare PD1 narrow gauge passenger railcar on the battered tracks of Tesovo narrow gauge railway. PD-1 railcars were produced from the mid-1950s on the Demik... (more)

In Eritrea, a few Russian Ural 375-D trucks that have been built in the Soviet Union in the 60’s and 70’s have been converted to run on rail wheels. They have been used in the Eritrean railway... (more)

A Syrian Galloping Goose is rusting away in a small station on the line between Damas and Serghaya. From the informations that I could collect, it appears that this unusual vehicle is based on a 1... (more)

A very unique Ford Super Wagon van specially-equipped for railroad use sits at the San Luis & Rio Grande’s yard at Alamosa, Colorado, on August 12, 2007. This “rail van” is former Canadian N... (more)

This second (or third) hand Ford Transit van has found a new home in Viseu de Sus.

A real oddity at the Statfold Barn Railway - "Goose" is a 1917 built railcar from the Davenport Loco Works,Iowa.She was built for the Indian Sugar Railway,and worked at the Bihar State S... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)

Home-made railbus in Vyhoda the last forestry line in activity in Ukraine

How about a hyrail school bus for your railroad? Before rebuilding a Santa Fe 4-6-4, the Abilene & Smoky Valley RR had one for its passengers, operating out of Abilene, Kansas.

Two Ford Transit cargo vans converted to rail vehicles are waiting for the steam train to overtake near the Faina station. These "special" rail vehicles are a usual sight on the Vaser va... (more)

Soviet built elegant car of type GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod) M13 "Chaika" (inspired by the US Packard Patrician from 1955), built from around 1960, as a railway inspection car. Ins... (more)