What a snow blower? This piece of equipment was used by the Erie Lackawanna [and D&H] for burning weeds in the summer and to clear snow and ice from the switches in the winter. Never saw it do a... (more)

An SY Class being stripped ready for overhaul not as a preservered loco but to continue revenue earning service.

Fireman Jack Emerick III, using his famous overhand grip, is bailing coal into Steamtown's CN 3254's mighty maw so the locomotive can blast up the 1.5% grade to Moscow. Even though it is day time,... (more)

My last breakfast shot went down well this is the Great British Breakfast cooked 'footplate' style on the shovel.

The official launch of replica locomotive STEAM ELEPHANT and a party of red coats fire a salute in its honour.

This Wylie 'Fire Cart' was part of a lengthy group of maintenance of way machines working main #1 of Union Pacific's Provo Sub at Midvale, Utah.

If you want to set out to make a Dispatchers night "interesting", one sure way is to set a bunch of ties on fire. The crew of this Loram rail grinder has got just the tool for the job. The nigh... (more)

At dusk on a warm summer evening, lightning bugs, or fire flies, begin to rise from an Illinois corn field as a Union Pacific freight train rolls by in the distance.

FIRE! - Little ALCo giving all of herself climbing to Caseros with wet rails. Here we see passing trought El Palomar Station with 47 loaded cars and exausting fire under the surprised eyes of the ... (more)

The hot side of Bethlehem Steel is recreated during a night photo session at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Mike Piersa uses props from the National Museum of Industrial Heritage to add to t... (more)

The Valley Railroad's Chief Mechanical Officer, J. David Conrad, is performing the rarely seen "Ring of Fire" that will "sweat" off the tire of the Right No. 1 Driver belonging to the Valley's 2-8... (more)

Glowing coals and plenty of steam - 15F 3117 has its fire cleaned after a day of hard work.

Melt slag is being unloaded at Center dross depot.

To quote that Shakespeare dude: "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." It's not quite a cauldron, but a crucible is part of the next step in Thermite welding. In this... (more)

After 45 minutes since the last train went north I started to get ancy and bored. If it wasn't for the blurp of static on the scanner I would've left. And if I did leave. I would've missed this... (more)