Iowa Traction Railway Company Steeple Cab #54 and crew collect an empty ceterbean car from the Red Diamond Processing & Packaging siding, in Mason City, Iowa. No. 54 is one of many 100+ year old t... (more)

Former SBB diesellocomotive Em 831 # 002, now rebuilt as Emf 831 # 002 of the Marti Tunnelbau AG, on a transfer run from Frauenfeld to Frutigen. The locomotive will be used for service in the Löt... (more)

CSXT track geometry unit GMS-2 is working westward through Michigan City Indiana on the former C&O Pere Marquette line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

After turning at Duke Interlocking in Northport the crew is headed to Kleet Lumber in Huntington. Unfortunately Kleet was not ready for the switch with cars not being unloaded and the RS 40 headed... (more)

The 1962 built diesel locomotive 199 008 on the 750 mm narrow-gauge railway Pressnitztal.

The afternoon train with the leading diesel locomotive 36 204, built 1939 for the German Armed Forces, on the way from Weizen to Zollhaus-Blumberg on the heritage railway „Sauschwänzlebahn“.

Train 4629 from St.Moritz to Tirano arrived at Poschiavo with railcars ABe 4/4 # 55 and # 54. The track plow Xk # 9144, which was shoved since Pontresina, was uncoupled and the little shunter Ge 2... (more)

Apparently the Ex-Conrail GP8 at the grain elevator in Tamora, Nebraska needed a little help building air. The folks at the Co-Op strapped an air compressor up on the front pilot.

Creating coke involves extreme heat, which is why the operator has spotted a load of product fresh out of the smelter in the cooling tower for an extended shower.

On a hazy muggy June morning it was just another fine day on the railroad, but we witness one of the most unique piece of railroad maintenance equipment. GMS-1 is one of two self-propelled geometr... (more)

The tattered attire across the nose of WC GP40 Nº3018 has held up well over time since Canadian National's takeover in 2000.  During the summer of 2018 someone, we're not sure who, but they took... (more)

If buildings could talk, this one would have a few stories considering the railroad history it has seen. Just across the street from it, the Rock Island line turned into the Peoria Terminal (owne... (more)

If there is a certainty in chasing Jordan Spreaders is they will need maintaining often. They are mostly old and take a beating. Here DMVW 124 is getting worked on so we moved on to find a Russ... (more)

Former Manitoba Hydro GE 25T #857 sits on display at the CP station in Portage la Prairie.

Diesel shunting locomotive Gm 3/3 # 231 of the Rhaetian Railway as "loc 3" at Landquart. This 386 kW locomotive was built by Moyse (France) in 1975. The RhB has 3 of this type, mostly in... (more)