How to thaw out a frozen switch in nine degree weather, Take three fusees, a five gallon bucket of diesel, old shop rags, and....dedicated hard workers to say the least.
With a trackmobile and five coal hoppers behind, the crew uses plenty of diesel and fusees to unthaw a frozen switch in extremely cold temperatures.
An antique fire truck sits in the Tuckahoe Station parking lot awaiting the arrival of the Cape May Seashore Lines Santa Train.
The local fire brigade have extinguished a bogie fire on 31414 and keep watch in case of another flare up. The loco had caught fire while approaching Leicester with the 0805 Birmingham to Norwich... (more)
That's an open fire but there are no chestnuts roasting. No. 40 drops her fire into the ash pit after a hard days work. I've always wanted this shot and thought I'd have to wait for a charter bu... (more)
Two days before pulling the first heavy train in Switzerland on the weekend, fire on the american built 141 R 568 (2-8-2, ex French Railways SNCF) was lit. The locomotive is coal fired with a stok... (more)
Sweatin' Steel! If I recall correctly, my father took me out of my 2nd grade class to go see the crew in the Strasburg shops change tires on one of their steam locos. A very educational field trip... (more)
David Shepherd's 2-10-0 class 9F 92203 visited the Great Central Railway for their Autumn gala. Here the fireman gets some 'rock' into the back corners while the train accelerates out of Loughboro... (more)
Driver Wayne Avery is about to place a shovel load of coal on the fire as RHDR #1 'Green Goddess' speeds along on just a breath of steam. The locomotive is of a running in turn following overhaul.... (more)
Fireman Ambrose has 261's fire under control and the boiler pressure pegged in this image taken just minutes prior to departure. In lieu of the organization's termination of their contract with NR... (more)
Fireman Jerry Beck checks the fire of Shay #5 as we coast down the mountain to Cass.
Locomotive WST drops its fire after the end of a busy day on Bowes Railway. No 22 is already on shed.
A NS welder is welding on the diamond as a light rain falls.
A fire burns in Cajon Pass as two BNSF intermodal trains meet just below Summit. One train is heading down track 2 as the other train approaches from Silverwood on its way up track 1. All train ... (more)
Fireman Chris Lambert throws in another scoop of coal as we head up the steep grades to Bald Knob.
