MOW crews begin to replace ties along the Hamilton Corridor with a variety of specialized equipment. It's a rare opportunity and a challenge to fit an entire track gang in one frame.

CN M396 from Memphis Harrison Yard, TN to Toronto MacMillan Yard, ON is on its final few miles with a great lash-up as it passes our Holland Welding Gang

Batten Kill RS3's 605 and 4116 team up with their ex D&H flanger and good old fashioned manpower to clear the line after almost 16" of snow fell from two weekend storms. After pushing through each... (more)

Tucked away at Blue Mountain Energy's Deserado Mine, the east end of the Deseret Power Railway, is this old speeder used by maintenance-of-way forces. The logo on the flank remains that of Wes... (more)

While it appears that these GATX workers are applying lettering to a box car, this Linde / Union Carbide car is actually a tank car (AAR class XT - a tank inside a box car, used to carry liquified... (more)

Hot Rail
After a freak snow storm the day before, the bolts of a joint bar seen on the left have broken due to... (more)

Portrait of a Railroader. Conductor Steve Culver is the defacto King of the Alaska Railroad's winter passenger train. A 40+ year ARR veteran he is #2 on the railroad's seniority roster an... (more)

A track gang at work, raising dust and making all kinds of noise as the light quickly fades.

Don't sit under that apple tree with anyone else but me.

A worker is in the process of throwing the only manually operated turnout on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. This location is just below the summit of Mt. Washington and the down bound train wi... (more)

Yreka Western MOW member, Gary Moran, drives a spike into a new tie during repair work to take out a bad kink at the eastern end of the chip track and Timber Products's veneer plant in Yreka. The ... (more)

Two Simpson Railroad employees direct a wheeled log loader in reseating the wheel-set on an a-frame lumber car which had taken a hard hit during switching. The operation turned out to be successf... (more)

At the end of the tracks for a very special, historic train, the hard-working crew of the Washington and Idaho Railway take a quick break together. From left to right: James, Joel, Stan, Sarah, an... (more)

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)

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)