How do you unload welded rail? It actually handles like wet noodles, very flexible. Candidate first rail is winched off the rack, a hole cut in the end to which a chain is threaded, and the cha... (more)

AT&SF rail gang at work just outside Santa Fe's only double track tunnel transposing rails on curves to gain more wear from them. Nelson, Ariz.

The famous P-811 TLM (track laying machine) in full operation laying the first concrete ties prior to the overhead wire installation. The TLM was part of a long string of machines doing everything... (more)

A crew member from R.J. Corman Derailment Services looks on as a tractor places a piece of panel track on the ground. The crumpled TXUX hopper seen on the right will be hoisted on to that panel sh... (more)

AT&SF crosstie unloader "walking" his tractor from one car to the next at Spruce, CO.

The boy at right probably still remembers how the ATSF unloads a ballast tamper from a flat car if no crane is available. With the work train int he background dumping ballast, the tamper has its... (more)

On April 26, 1972, GP35 3313 shoves Jordan spreader 199232 along the eastward main track between Griffith and Harris, Arizona, on the Kingman Subdivision, later Seligman Sub. Nothing manicures the... (more)

One of Metro North's inspection trains after Hurricane Sandy. Train crews looked for trees or any obstructions on the tracks, stopped when one was spotted and on board track workers armed with cha... (more)

A "train" of Montana Rail Link track machinery, moves to get in the clear for MRL's Paradise Local which is waiting in the distance. The local is finishing switching chores at a lumber mill just w... (more)

Passing a BNSF tie gang is UP Train SKCMA 15 coming into Paola for a service stop at Peoria Street. After the servicing is complete, the engine will leave town on the UP Parsons Sub. The train u... (more)

Three contract workers from a mobile wash service make quick work of a dirty Montana Rail Link SD70ACe. Montana Rail Link would use these contractors often to clean the soot and dirt that the help... (more)

After re-railing over a dozen loaded coal hoppers earlier in the day, CSX and contracting crews continue to repair the track and right of way. At this point, crews have been on scene for over 12 h... (more)

The Georgetown Railroad Equipment slot train is seen working at West Hartford, Vermont, cleaning up ditches and culverts as the final phase of the New England Central Railroad's ARRA High Speed Ra... (more)

After derailing while trying to back into the museum the evening before, just about every maintenance crew from Oakland to Truckee is on hand to make sure there aren't any more mishaps, before 844... (more)

Strasburg's Chris Zahrt oils around on 2-6-0 #89 in preparation for its use on the 'half hour' train later in the day on the busy tourist line.