V&T Survivor: McKeen Motor Car #22. In an effort to cut costs and reduce the need for steam-powered passenger trains, the Virginia & Truckee purchased a 70 foot long McKeen Motor Car in 191... (more)

Originally built as MILW 189 in 1974, WE 7355 is currently being rebuilt by the W&LE. Several "AWVR 1206" panels from the movie Unstoppable... (more)

As CSX Communication & Signal forces work to replace the C&O signals at the 'Kanawha Falls' interlocking, men and equipment are cleared to allow for the passing of high priority, CSX Q139 bound fo... (more)

The Amtrak Police prepare to take Auto Train.

After a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006, a welder finishes up one of the joints with a g... (more)

A broken rail on the BNSF's Orin Sub gets repaired on this cold January morning.

BNSF MOW workers take care of a switch a few miles north of Reno Junction on the Orin Sub.

On a warm June 24, 2002, Machinist Gordon Olson does some routine mechanical work on Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 at Helper, Utah.

The Fraternal Order of Wood Lobbers. That's the unofficial moniker that one crewman used to describe the team that runs Eureka & Palisade #4. Here, the F.O.W.L. can be seen doing their thi... (more)

The Jordan spreader work train is amply supplied with horsepower with two Milwaukee Road GE box cab electrics E50A and E50B while dressing the ballast near Piedmont, Mont. Easy around those pole... (more)

Between July 23rd and July 29th, BNSF shut down the Front Range Subdivision between Laurel Street and Cherry Street to replace the entire section of Mason Street with new track. Sadly, an era of t... (more)

Workin' on the railroad - a tie gang works the Toledo Terminal near Millard Ave.

Keeping ’em rolling
Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company, has a busy car rebuilding facility in Amarillo, Texas. Here, two workers inspect the center ring of a truck bolster ... (more)

A welder and his helper repair a broken rail in the crossing as a westbound stack train prepares to depart.

With the help of a hydraulic arm, diesel mechanic Cash guides Ross in positioning the new power assembly for insertion in SP 8676's prime mover.