While masks and stencils are being applied to the former VTR (ex-NCVA/CBNS) 3808 in order to fully Vermont Railway-ize it as the VTR 207, another Burlington shop worker is busy fabricating compone... (more)

Meeting the Torch... A scraping outfit from Ft. Scott, KS is underway in cutting up an OGEX bethgon that derailed at Santa Fe Jct. back in August.

Loram crew member watches the grinding as railgrinder grinds Norfolk Southern mainline

As the ‘blue hour’ settles in at dusk on the cold winter day of February 15, 1992, a Loram rail grinder slowly works its way west through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on Soo Line’s former Milwaukee ... (more)

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)

Photographers get their shots of fireworks over the assembled locos outside Marley Hill engine shed during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.

With an average of over 2,900 lightning strikes per 30 minutes, severe thunderstorms light up the sky over the Florida East Coast.

Mother nature puts on a show making a great backdrop for the old C&O signal.

A track worked cuts rail in preparation for spot welding the joint.

Fireworks in Hungary and the new Metros - August 20th 20th, you can witness such an event and see how Hungarians celebrate one of their most important public holidays, Constitution Day. Howeve... (more)

Changing of the Guard.. A Cranemasters employee has just began cutting on the C&O signal heads protecting eastbound movements on main two at Mt. Carbon.. Within an hour, the entire cantilever wil... (more)

What a perfect day for grinding rail --- snowy, cold and overcast ten miles west of Denver with little chance of causing grass or brush fires. Loram RG8 is westbound at walking speed.

With record high temperatures set during the day, and a cold front pushing thru towards evening, the storms sure packed a punch over Iowa by late evening. Here a storm reaches serve level East of ... (more)

An evening thunderstorm is passing east over northern Illinois putting on quite the lighting show. The lighting spend over hour spreading out across the night sky making for easy photography. The ... (more)

Standing guard at the E.E. Coal River Siding, the soon to be replaced C&O mast signal displays two red signals, just minutes before blacking out as a result of a power outage. The winds and lightn... (more)