In case of a line-blockage derailment, there was nothing like a ready-made shoofly around it!! Such was the lucky case when the rear cars of a northbound ATSF freight derailed adjacent to a lim... (more)

UP 3427 East passes an MofW crew working on Main One as it departs Tucson.

Shop workers replace the governor in EMD's first six-axle locomotive, SP SD7 No. 1521, formerly EMD demonstrator No. 660.

It's a nice day for outdoor work on May 14th, 2013, as Iowa Interstate GP38-2 717 has a traction motor/wheel set replaced on its rear truck at the shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. By May 24th, 2013,... (more)

Maintenance Call... WSOR 4004 was taken off the point of its northbound local from Madison to Rock Springs and placed into the siding at Dane while the rest of the train idles on the mainli... (more)

The afternoon freight train to Freehold (SA31) was running especially late and I just happened to stumble across the reason why. Track maintenance was being performed on the Amboy Secondary just ... (more)

A worker for Engineers Construction Inc. (ECI) is cutting a section of rail to fit in a new panel track replacement for a crossing project in St. Albans, Vermont, while in the distance the NECR 43... (more)

Engineers Construction Inc. (ECI) crews are busy at work replacing the Elm Street multi-track crossing in St. Albans on the New England Central Swanton Subdivision. As crews positioned a section ... (more)

Chicago and North Western’s yard office at Bill, Wyoming, is where C&NW train crews report to work in Powder River Basin. It is also the workplace of two friendly lady railroaders in the corner ... (more)

Veteran Montana Rail Link Engineer Charlie Kehrwald is at the controls of GP35 No. 405, as we grind up the 2.2 percent grade of the Harrison Branch at 8.6 mph a few miles south of Sappington, Mont... (more)

WM was always resourceful, with a touch of class. Never rich, they always did a great job with what they had. An old World War II troop sleeper was converted to a kitchen car for the MofW Depart... (more)

UP maintainers lift a searchlight back into position at Cable, after it was knocked down by the derailment that morning.

A MOW track gang works on replacing ties on Union Pacific's Chippewa Falls Sub. This sub ends at Wisconsin Northern's yard in Norma, Wisconsin.

Wooah! How do you move track panels? With front end tractors. During a grade crossing replacement, one of the tractors rear end up-ended suddenly.

As raindrops continue to patter and run down on the roundhouse office windows, Montana Rail Link Machinist Kevin Leonard contemplates what these new EMD locomotives will mean to his job after chan... (more)