This wrecking crane doubles as a sign holder for this nice railroad museum near Monon.

Tucked away on a dead end spur off the KRT connection track behind a tie crane, former Duluth Missabe & Iron Ridge SD38AC (one of only 15 ever built), now belonging to Rail Trusts Equipment, has f... (more)

Dead Lined..... Squirreled away on a little-used, overgrown siding off the C&O Durbin Branch, sits a rather rusty piece of machinery that I never expected to see as I hiked along the Greenb... (more)

NS OCS #4270 sits idling in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's yard. Joining her is The Conway PA, Conrail Crane. An Ex PRR Coach, and an RDC. Not long after this photo was taken, and NS crew a... (more)

NS F9A #4270 sits quietly after parking in her spot for the Upcoming NS Days at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Behind her was #4271, and the NS exhibit car. She is also Joined by a PRR GG1 a... (more)

Nocturnal track work between Oberwinterthur and Winterthur. Self driving (max 20 km/h) railway crane Kirow "KRC 1200" # 99 85 9419 500-5 of the SBB is positioning one part of the new swi... (more)

40 Ton Steam Crane restored and still working at Ferroclub Escalada Shops. At background, a restored Baldwin Lima Hamilton RF 615E on display for this special day.

What a mess. An eastbound Utah Ry. empty coal train derailed in Utah's Price River Canyon while passing a westbound Union Pacific loaded coal train and loaded cars from the westbound derailed into... (more)

A new frog is lifted in place using a Union Pacific crane manufactured by Little Giant at Mounds, Utah, on May 11, 2006. A large group of maintenance-of-way personnel gathered to replace a worn ou... (more)

Restored Rahway Valley GE70 ton locomotives 16 and 17 gleam in the afternoon sun at the Whippany Railway Museum. The locomotives are on exhibit on a nice looking photo freight featuring a SOO Line... (more)

Five GEs rush past an old Soo Line crane and CP caboose ("van" I suppose is the proper term for the CP) sitting on the elevator track in Farwell.

Don Helper waits for his next move

Anatomy of a Big Hook. Here is a little different view of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum's Big Hook...the 1907-vintage Steam Wrecking Crane A. This contraption weighs as much as a st... (more)

Big Hook: A very useful engine. Wreckmaster John Henry watches as this Nevada Northern wrecking crew rigs a derailed hopper for a lift back onto the iron in the East Ely Yard. Nevada No... (more)

DL C425 #2452 rests at the shops in Scranton along with a MofW crane and C424 # 2409.