A Wisconsin Central welder has just lit off a thermite weld pot on the WC main line at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. A one-time-use form is attached to the rails surrounding the join... (more)

SN 605 pulls into Mallard, CA preparing to load on to the ferry Ramon. Notice Mt. Diablo off to the right. From the collection of Robert Campbell, Sr.

East Broad Top Locomotives 12 Sits on the turntable at the yard in Orbisonia. A lone worker accomplishes a feat of strength by self propelling the turntable singlehandedly.

Volunteers are hard at work removing Milwaukee Road 261's staybolts as they perform heavy work for the locomotive to be ready for the 2021 season.

From inside the warm and cozy Burnham Tower, a Penn Central passenger train is seen passing by on a cold Chicagoland evening. Penn Central would outlast the tower which burned down in January 197... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke gets fresh excellent welsh coal in Gletsch, by the engineer M.H. (right) and the fireman T.H. In the background is oilfired... (more)

The first day of the 2016 Fall Photo Freight ended with a night photo session at the Chama, NM coaling tower with K27 #463. Lighting was arranged by the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec, please ... (more)

1 meter gauge ballast cleaning machine RM 76 "Capricorn" of the SMG (Sersa Maschineller Gleisbau) at work on the Rhaetian Railway between Davos Platz and Davos Frauenkirch. The old balla... (more)

Coaling the old fashioned way....one shovel at a time. With the WW&F Museum's bucket loader broken this day, Engineman Bill Piche and Ashcat Joe Fox coal Locomotive #9 the old fashioned way... (more)

WW&F Engineman Dana Deering. WW&F Engineman Dana Deering tops off the oil cups on Locomotive #9, as she sits on display in the Sheepscot Yard, during her 2016 dedication ceremony. Dana is ... (more)

The conductor on Kopper Glo mine run 787 steps off the train before a cut of empties is shoved through the loadout before being filled with black diamonds.

Legendary engineer Sigi Liechti on the throttle of the 3000 horsepower 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 on the trip from Brugg AG via Berne to Lausanne, near Fribourg. The heavy fuel oil fired, canadia... (more)

Hooker (HOKX) tank car No. 132482 is in the middle of repairs in the busy Progress Rail Services car shop at Amarillo, Texas, on June 15, 2012.

After a long day of work, the conductor for the day walks out of the yard to go home in front of Black Hills Central Railroad 108 and 110.