A Union Pacific welder cuts the north rail during a grade crossing replacement at 72nd Avenue on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision in Arvada, Colorado, on October 25, 2003.

UNKNOWN ENGINEER The slide is stamped March 1972. No other info. This must be the engineer of an Amtrak (ex- Santa Fe) passenger train with AT&SF F7A 301C or 301L. He is sitting pretty ... (more)

Several Montana Rail Link locomotives line the backshop of MRL’s Livingston Shops on May 7, 2012.

A family photo passed down through the generations, this is one I am glad wound up in my hands. I remember being in awe seeing this photo as a young child, knowing someone in my ancestry was at t... (more)

The crew of steam-powered Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane A pose with their charge in the yard at East Ely, Nevada, on February 5, 2006.

Machinist Tony Bueno uses a fusee to thaw out frozen grease caps on Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5371 in the small enginehouse at Helper, Utah, on a frigid December 1, 2004. Once the caps are off, he wi... (more)

After finishing a run at Helper, Utah, on August 5, 1996, Engineer Leon “Spike” Moynier walks over the yard tracks to the Helper depot where he’ll tie up for the day.

Two Canadian Pacific mechanical department employees inspect the truck of an ailing GE AC4400CW locomotive on an eastbound train at Golden, British Columbia, on July 12, 2013.

A Rio Grande signal maintainer does routine maintenance and testing of the east switch at Steamboat, Colorado, on the Craig Branch on the morning of September 9, 1992.

Brady Sanker, veteran Kentucky Railway Museum steam crew member, works on preparing the flues in L&N 152 for removal. This marks the final work day on the engine in 2015, a year which saw the roll... (more)

Additional snow over the Christmas holiday has a BNSF crew cleaning out of the switches in the yard at Essex, Montana, on December 26, 2007.

Got IT! Conrail Block Operator Jim Largent has successfully conveyed a Form D to Conrail conductor Mike Quigley at Derry Road in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Form D authority would take the ALPI-0... (more)

As his helper watches and shields his eyes from the bright flame, a welder repairs the switch points on the west switch of East Portal siding in front of the imposing edifice of the Moffat Tunnel.... (more)

Crews change on the hot Tropicana Juice train before departing Tampa.