Getting a huge locomotive back on the track can be quite the undertaking. Morning on a hazy, late summer day in September 1983, reveals a Chicago and North Western EMD SD38-2 laying on its side ne... (more)

Morning on a hazy, late summer day in September 1983, reveals a Chicago and North Western EMD SD38-2 laying on its side near the Hampton Avenue overpass at Butler Yard in Butler, Wisconsin. Work i... (more)

A CN 595 crew member is hard at work clearing switch points after another overnight dumping of snow.

The track maintenance crew works to clear snow and ice from a switch by the old Longmont sugar mill as Northwestern Pacific Railroad 4327 (a SD-9 built 59 years ago) waits for action.

LSRC GP40-3M 1171 with the logos of both the Lake State Railway and the Saginaw Bay Southern Railway on the long hood is seen switching the LSRC's yard at Saginaw, Michigan as the dispatcher readi... (more)

You've seen the outside of the beautiful 311 - well - the interior is seen here as we moved the unit into position along the Lake Champlain waterfront. One of the VRS 'family' is seen at the thro... (more)

A csx track worker heats up the rail to expand it to repair a broken joint at mp 422 on track 4 headed west out of Buffalo, N.Y.

Engineer Craig Willett is at the controls of F40PH No. 357 on Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, at East Hastings, Minnesota, on November 9, 1992.

Preheating the Rail - BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) workers use an Oxy-Acetylene torch to preheat the ends to two adjoining sections of 136lb. rail in preparation to welding them together... (more)

Shearing the Excess - A BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) worker uses a hydraulic shear to remove excess iron from a molten weld produced from a Thermite reaction.

A UP Section Gang performs a rope burn on a section of rail on a siding in the yard at La Salle, CO. One of the worker swings a sledge hammer on the rail to place it back into position.

Union Pacific Steam Crew members take a break from their duties for a quick portrait session with Big Boy 4014 as the backdrop. November 22nd, 2013

On the evening of October 10, 2013, southbound CSX stack train Q156 experienced air issues after stopping on the main track at CP 43 in Fort Montgomery, NY. Southbound L004, following behind, woul... (more)

Interior of Armstrong lever equipped Z Tower.

Night shift at Amtrak's K Tower.