As the wind blows and light snow continues to fall, it's difficult to judge exactly where the right of way lays, using only the G&E Milepost 9 as a reference point. The Rainelle based train and wo... (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.

Near Bellburn on the G&E branch, Rainelle work train H037 plows snow drifts left behind by Hurricane Sandy. The train is only seven miles from Rainelle, and slightly less than halfway to the end o... (more)

Beginning their assault over the G&E Subdivision of the former NF&G Railroad at Rainelle, former C&O Jordan Spreader No. 914057 and two GE's, including CSX's Spirit of West Virginia begin clearing... (more)

Leaving Manhattan flooded and much of the New Jersey coast destroyed, Hurricane Sandy left behind nearly 3' of snow in the eastern mountain counties of West Virginia in late October 2012. At nea... (more)

This was called a yard cleaner.... in BN's former Rice Yard, Denver. Cough, cough, wheeze; the operator even stands outside. The area is now Elitchs amusement park.

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)

Sperry Rail Service car 137 performs rail defect testing along UP's remote Sunnyside Subdivision in eastern Utah. The car was built by St. Louis Car for the Soo Line in 1925. Sperry acquired it an... (more)

In an attempt to open its line from winter snows, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic operated a triple-header rotary snow plow train on May 3, 1997. Three mikados are shoving Rotary OY as they near the deep... (more)

Sandy's Aftermath: Raritan Central has the misfortune of being located adjacent to the Raritan River and Raritan Bay. The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy deposited a large amount of debri... (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)

This photo encapsulates how temporary loading tracks are laid in the bog: First, the mound of dried peat at left is notched by a bulldozer to create a (somewhat) level path that acts as roadbed. ... (more)

The Conrail heritage unit #8098 leads NS 924 Southbound on the NS Brooklyn District through Mount Olive, Illinois on 10/20/2012 headed for Coffeen Ameren Power plant with a MoW train.