These fireworks are part of Great Finale of Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity - you can read more on this one of the biggest charity actions here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Orchestra_of... (more)

Saving the saveable. The two boogies became the most valuable parts of the engine after the accident. To remove them workers had to cut through the holding irons. The rest of 1054 will be history ... (more)

Thunderstorms in the Kanawha Valley..

The fire is dropped from locomotive Renishaw after a day working the scheduled services.

The hiss of cutting torches fills the air as scrappers cut the remains of a former SAR steam locomotive at the site of an open-air railroad museum near Krugersdorp, South Africa. The locomotive wa... (more)

Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway No.9 'Limpopo' stands in the goods yard whilst No.10 slips violently as it runs in to Stony Shaw station with a goods train. The two John Fowler (Leeds) Ltd. loco... (more)

In a downpour the work of scrapping this ex-DEEX U30C continues, now moving to trucks after removing the hood doors.

Doing a little "work" on the pilot of the CERM's Baldwin 0-4-0T #10 at the CT Eastern RR Museum's 7th annual night photo shoot. The Baldwin was not harmed in the making of this shot. Lighting by... (more)

As severe storms move across Northwestern Minnesota, I was able to get some lightning action while staying dry. The storms were moving SW-NE and brought some very strong winds. It took many atte... (more)

An SY Class being stripped ready for overhaul not as a preservered loco but to continue revenue earning service.

Interior of PM 1225 boiler looking toward the smokebox as boiler tubes are cut for removal as the engine under takes her Federal Inspection and rebuild. Help the Steam Railroading Instutute with... (more)

A worker/volunteer at Steamtown's shops uses an acetylene torch to take a piece of safety tread off the NKP 514.

If you want to set out to make a Dispatchers night "interesting", one sure way is to set a bunch of ties on fire. The crew of this Loram rail grinder has got just the tool for the job. The nigh... (more)

Crews work through the night to repair the rail through the Wayzata derailment site. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have been really bad, it made it really e... (more)