Just south of La Vergne on the CSX Chattanooga Sub we catch Loram RG-400 grinding the rail head south of the Stricland Holdout track, with a work permit out the Rail Grinder, and it's team of othe... (more)

Well we now know why that the Western & Atlantic Sub was very slow today. With a work permit that start from the North-End of Boyce MP WA-132.0 to the North-End of Graysville MP WA-121.4, all hand... (more)

RG 316 spent most of the day working the wye at Adolph, MN where the former DMIR main from Proctor to the Iron Range connects to the former Interstate Branch, now used as part of CN's Mainline int... (more)

Rail Grinding - Track maintenance is being performed on the Amboy Secondary just east of Jamesburg. The man is operating a rail grinder and is grinding a welded track joint. This seconda... (more)

A Harsco Track Technologies rail grinder outfit crests the "Summit of the Alleghenies" at Sand Patch.

Loram Rail Grinder RG 319 sits on the IMS track at Lacolle while employees are performing maintenance.

A Speno rail grinder is seen working the Grand Trunk Western mains through Michigan. Tom Bowers photo.

Rail grinder LMIX 3404 crosses over the Red Lake River headed south along the Detroit Lakes subdivision towards Erskine, Mahnomen, and Glenwood.

Railgrinder 405 passes a coal train ready to head toward Harrisburg PA

Railgrinder 405 passes a coal train ready to head toward Harrisburg PA

A Loram rail grinder departs North Wye road crossing after a brief stop to allow NS 229 to pass.

The Loram rail grinding train RG 411 deadheads from Winnipeg, MB to Pickering, ON passing under the soon to be gone Longlac West signal tower.

A rail grinder in transit over CP crosses a rural overpass east of Nashua, MN. This photo was taken from the opposite side of the tracks from Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Rail Grinder
Location: Nashua, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: LMIX 3404
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 14, 2015

As I was working at my job in the eastern Utah gas fields I was keeping an eye out for any activity on the nearby Deseret Power Ry. but did not see anything. I should have seen a train after a cou... (more)