Ballet de loaders! I waited and watched for almost 45 minutes to catch the three loaders with their buckets in this position. It's amazing how they load a train without even coming close to each o... (more)

A roadrailer along with a freshly painted BN caboose heads out of Grand Forks to do some work farther south.

Steam Heroes of Owosso. Photos resulting from rail charters and events predictably tend to focus on the equipment, with the people as supporting elements. So for a change, let's turn the ... (more)

GLC 385 (Ex-TSBY 385) crew member gets ready to couple onto the just returned SP 4449s (in background) passenger cars on Thursday evening for overnight storage in the GLC yard area next to SRI. Th... (more)

Friday night at the Fullerton, Calif. depot. A local punk band was playing a at the café and railfans were watching the track crew replace a section of rail next to the platform. So here's BNSF 5... (more)

Talk about lost, A crew member stops a hi railer and asks for directions west as this BNSF AC motor is a rare sight and far from home along the NS Pokey Division.

MOW crews cut the mainline and prepare to install a new switch. They started at dawn and will have the new main switch in by 4 pm.

MOW crew wrangle the switch into place, pulling spikes and re-aligning the plates the hard way.

MOW can be a lonely job, often working with a lookout this welder concentrates on his work.

metre gauge 2806, a 1995 build from DLW Varanasi,India and 2224 a 1963 EMD, stand at Dhaka Kamlapur loco shed. Women do their share of heavy work here.

The quarters are cramped and the hazards abound as we watch the crew of Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A go about the business of clearing a derailment. In front of them, there is rotati... (more)

Running a railroad depends on many types of workers to make it run. Here a crew from the Derby Shops are called upon in sub zero weather to put an air hose bracket on a boxcar that was pulled off... (more)

Iowa Northern's North Crew works on digging out more snow before adding 5 engines to the 5 engines stuck in a decent snow drift south of Nora Springs. This part of railroading in the winter isnt m... (more)

A former Conrail 86 ft auto parts car is being cut up.

What does it take to get rid of a stubborn pile of snow and ice? A Bobcat, two forklifts, two crew members, and some employees at Big Bay lumber. What does it take to get one of those forklifts un... (more)