Rail grinding on the UP Peoria Sub.

Rail grinding on the UP Peoria Sub.

Harsco Track Technologies rail grinder works northbound on the #2 track near Monolith, as storm clouds begin to accumulate over the Tehachapi Mountains.

Harsco Rail Grinder parked on the western siding for the nite after a long days work.

Harsco Track Technologies rail grinder parked at Clarks NE.

Tied down after a hard day's work.

This Harsco machinery leaves Piedmont in a cloud of dust as it -pardon the pun- grinds its way past a pair of AC44's waiting to do helper service later in the day on 17 Mile Grade.

This rail grinder must be GPS controlled, the main grinders pulled up before this crossing, then this trailing unit dropped it's ginders down and did the rail at the crossing...awesome to watch. F... (more)

A rail grinder sits in the early morning fog at Yoder.

The Harsco train has just been holed up for the evening in the Nelson Yard at the northern terminus of UP's Peoria Sub.

The linemen guarding the platform emerges after the smoke has cleared to make sure nothing is on fire, before returning to his truck and heading to the next stop.

The rail grinder sits stopped, waiting to reverse directions for the trip back east towards Chicago

"You don't want to breath that stuff" was the advice the UP linemen gave to the passengers at the Oak Park station. Most of them, alarmed by the smoke and sparks took cover. I stayed out until the... (more)

Wide angle shot of the rail grinder in Alderson.

After a hard day's work, the railgrinder ties down for the night beside the depot in Alderson. The streaks in the left background are a steady stream of traffic that came through tonight to gawk ... (more)