Variety
A combination of three different rail manufacturers, two US based and the other from the Tøinecké železárny – Moravia Steel Company located in the Czech Republic, all wo... (more)

Colorado Fuel & Iron
Created from the merger of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company with the Colorado Fuel Company, in 1892, CF&I was the first integrated and largest steel mill west o... (more)

Hot Rail
After a freak snow storm the day before, the bolts of a joint bar seen on the left have broken due to... (more)

There always seem to be cars with families enjoying the mountains where Swarthout Road crosses the BNSF Railway mainline in the Blue Cut area of Cajon Pass. Perhaps that is why the railroad has s... (more)

Rolled in 1947 at Colorado Fuel & Iron, this 115 rail most likely saw service for one of the pre-BN roads before getting converted to CWR and being laid here. It's gone all the way from 40 MPH und... (more)

Reflection of the sun's warm autumn glow, off of CP's ribbon of steel.

A railway spike sticks out like an eye sore from above the tie as the recent passage of the rail grinder shows the evidence of the varying degrees of grinding a profile onto the railhead.

Insulated joints await installation with beautiful Auburn University colors.

A worker grinds on rail at the Laramie yard.

Rows and rows of rail stored at the UP yard in Laramie.

A collection of rail basks in the November sun on the Great Walton.

When they call this "the Old Road," they aren't kidding.

Some like it Hot
What do you do after a rail breaks??? Heat it up of course. The track gang here, is heating up the rail to allow it to expand so as to apply the new joint bar. Thi... (more)

A lone maple leaf hangs onto the spike on this cold windy autumn day, as the days grow shorter the challenges of winter railroading lay straight ahead, not only for me as a railway employee but fo... (more)