Diesel "tractor" Tm 2/2 # 91 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, built by RACO in 1959 for the Rhaetian Railway and sold to the DFB in 2006, pulled the tender of the steam rotary snow bl... (more)

The action take place on the Lipakovo narrow-gauge railway. On the old railroad in the Arkhangelsk region in taiga forests there are two dilapidated settlements: Luzhma and Seza. Communication wit... (more)

I could not find anything about this tiny switcher sitting in a small industry south of Johnstown, Colorado. The locomotive is lettered J&E Railroad #2771. The tiny engine is dwarfed by the ex. B... (more)

The action take place at the Borovichi Bricks factory. 10KA narrow gauge electric pusher goes with clay train to the brick factory. Novgorod region, Russia

After enjoying lunch at the station restaurant we are ready to depart again to Hartenbos on board the 3 Wickham Inspection Trolleys (named Tom, Dick and Harry) of the Diaz Express.

Local villagers on the selfmade removable railmotorcar go to the forest on a picnic in honor of the first may holiday. Such selfmade removable railcars call "Pionerka" in Russia and ex USSR countr... (more)

Not such a gem. Nord vertical boilered 0-4-0T No 2.014 was photographed at the La Chapelle Depot, Paris in 1935. There were 35 of these little engines known as 'Ink Pots' built in 1878-89. Photo b... (more)

Trolley inspection ,a part of the Commission of Railway safety (CRS) Inspection of the newly laid double line in the 18km long Ambalappuzha Haripad section.The speed trial was done later that even... (more)

Holly Sugar used a small industrial locomotive to switch empty beet cars at its sugar refinery in Hamilton City, California.

Back in 1989, a track inspection trolley is seen near Navapur. I am fairly sure that these vehicles were unpowered, with crew members pushing on the uphill bits. Are they still in operation?

Gasoline Loco #2

Gas-Mechanical locomotive #2 was made at the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was probably originally powered with a Ford “Model T” automobile mo... (more)

Between April 1940 and April 1943, General Motors Electro-Motive Division built a grand total of eleven 300 hp Model 40 locomotives. The diminutive diesels were intended for light industrial use.... (more)

Green Dragon is an eco-friendly steam locomotive as it burns wooden briquettes,lots of them.(Driver is sitting on some of them. )Used by South Tynedale railway it had a trip out today but had the ... (more)

You can rely on the Statfold Barn Railway to come up with something special,as is the case here.The pair of locos shown,'The Eclipse' and 'The Coalition',were originally built as 0-4-0 saddle tank... (more)

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.