There's always a possibility of a fire during rail grinding. A crossstie has ignited from the hot metal shavings from a Loram rail grinder. The grinders have water for this exact reason but appar... (more)

One of the most recognizable railway views today. It`s also a rare place where we are glad that trains no longer run. This is Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp where trainloads of Jews arrived... (more)

Stressfull? Hardly... After a cold winter, cutting rail the steel will expand (pull); now with the mild temperatures we destress the track (contract). With no hydraulic pullers available, we make ... (more)

Having just rode over this track on the very friendly, 18 inch gauge, Steeple Grange Light Railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, I was amazed to see the track profile!

Essential yet abandoned on the Roaring Brook Bridge.

The OOS BNSF Atchison Branch sits in disrepair after the 2011 Missouri River Flooding heavily damaged this segment of the line. The UP Missouri River Swing Bridge is still in service, because loc... (more)

Current south end of double track on the former Southern Railway main coming from Alexandria

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A set of Caterpillar 325D excavators work in tandem to lift and move a section of track into the void created by the removal of the old switch from the mainline into the Vulc... (more)

Two very different modes of transportation collide at the Kennedy Space Center. At the top of the frame you can see Space Shuttle Discovery perched on launch Pad 39A preparing for her final flight... (more)

A look down the colorful ROW of the West Virginia Central's line to Spruce West Virginia. Photo taken during a Motorcar excursion by Appalachian Rail Excursion's.

All that is left of this signal to the right is the cement base along the CSX mainline. The debris seen is what's left of houses in this area. Missing bark from the trees on the right is how hig... (more)

Trees and Houses still litter the tracks in Mississippi four weeks after Hurricane Katrina blasted the Gulfcoast.

Hurricane Katrina severed the CSX main line in several places. Here the bridge over Bay Saint Louis was washed out leaving only the supports. Sections of the trestle can be seen in the water. N... (more)

Hurricane Katrina flood waters rose 3 feet above the rails in KCS' yard. The orange glow of rust is a reminder of that fact as well as the yard's inactivity since the storm. No KCS locomotives a... (more)

6 days after Hurricane Katrina devistated New Orleans, the Norfolk Southern line is still partially under water. These tracks lead to CSX Gentilly yard while the crossing tracks go to NS Oliver Y... (more)