Grinding the running track between Sparta and Jones along the CN Iron Range Sub.

The smell of grinding metal in the afternoon.

The Loram rail grinding equipment makes a short stay in Opelika this evening as they prepare for night time work. This LMIX 610 is the shorter grinder used to grind rails on special track work su... (more)

I saw a rail grinding train for the first time as a kid from the bleachers of the Cleveland Browns stadium. Needless to say it was much more interesting to me than the football game, especially co... (more)

A Loram rail grinder puts on a smoke and fire show while polishing main 2 on the CN in Shaftsburg MI.

It's quarter after 9 on a cool April evening on the RF&P. Motorists pass under the mainline on Harrell Road, wondering why there's a gathering of railfans setup with cameras here. Minutes later, t... (more)

Kicking up some sparks, the crew is working hard to finish a section of track before they've got to take the siding for two trains to pass.

All we could see above the treetops was a huge cloud of smoke, and there was no advance notice that there was a rail grinder out there today. Shown here, a Loram Railgrinder heads west across the ... (more)

A Loram Rail Grinder works its way through Otego, NY

A Loram Rail Grinder works its way through Otego, NY

A LORAM Rail Grinder passes back and forth over a section of track at Louisiana, Missouri. This is the BNSF Hannibal Subdivision on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Loram RG417 production rail grinder working at Arrowhead Valley.