The always resourceful Rio Grande converted a group of sand hoppers to haul ballast in the late 1970s. Built in Feb. 1951, this remodeled car (with the original roof removed) awaits its next assig... (more)

D&H GP38-2 #7303 leads a work train south through Albany, NY on its way to Kenwood Yard.

A Rio Grande Fairmont Speeder takes the evening off, parked with a work train at Springville.

During the Second World War, the U. S. government had Pullman construct a large fleet of troop sleepers. After the war, surplus cars were purchased by several railroads and converted to various us... (more)

MRL's only SDP40 still on the roster rolls West on the ex-NP Homestake Pass with a short MOW train in tow.

Due to heavy snow accumulation along Rio Grande's Pleasant Valley Branch, a crew was called on a sunny March 6, 1983 to clear the line. Jordan Spreader X-40 (blt. 1957) is working the yard tracks ... (more)

A westbound work train has just passed beneath the 10th Mountain Division Memorial Highway at Pando on Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass mainline. Note that more than a dozen workers with hardhats are r... (more)

SP 7413, SP 8350 and UP 4528 sit in the spur track at the Woodford siding with a work train.

Oh the indignity. A former Water Level Route hack brings up the markers on a welded rail work train moving through the mountains of central PA on the former PRR Middle Division, just two years af... (more)

Other traffic over the ex-PRR Middle Division near Mifflin the day of the NKP 759 chase in 1970 included this Penn Central welded rail train. #6067 is wearing the same number on the PC roster as ... (more)

Is an SD40-2 rare? Well maybe not a few years ago when I made my first trip to the storied Marias Pass line in northwest Montana, but after a year of living in the area, the sight of an SD4... (more)

One of the funkiest work trains I've ever witnessed takes a short break on the west pass at Provo Yard. The TOFC is a Rio Grande Motorway classic. Do you suppose that two EMD SD45s could handle th... (more)

A UP work train powered by GP9 139 and GP30 842 wait at North Powder siding. Those are the Elkhorn Mountains in the background.

A B&O work extra was hurrying west at Magnolia, WV on Sept, 16, 1978 in the morning haze and drizzle, led by WM GP9 No. 6413. At the time, this was known on the B&O as a ballast cleaner. The cra... (more)

B&O I-5 caboose No. C-2075 was assigned to work train service in Rowlesburg, WV when I shot this view of the logo on Aug. 17, 1975. If I recall correctly, within a couple years, it caught fire an... (more)