Metra 5 pulls a few ballast cars towards a siding east of Bensenville to tie down for the day, after working the Elgin Subdivision since earlier that morning.
The Utah Transit Authority is using a Trackmobile 'Titan' to move loaded ballast hoppers along its new SLC to Provo commuter rail line. The 'Titan', measuring just over 16 feet in length is powere... (more)
A Herzog ballast train plies it's way down the Mississippi on the DM&E Davenport Sub in preperation for a tie and surfacing project.
After a full day of working on a new light rail line, a Trackmobile rail car mover pauses at Midvale on UTA's Mid-Jordan line. A pair of loaded hoppers were coupled to this interesting machine par... (more)
It's pretty apparent why track work is being done on the Dayton Branch and run-around at Midway. Even with the improvements (new ties and ballast) track speeds will still remain 10mph. This is the... (more)
NS 5277 flashes between the trees and into a little opening on the last portion of the Amboy Sec. before turning west on the Dayton Branch.
NS 5277 leads the last ballast extra on the Dayton Branch under Rte. 130 overpass. Later this week, tie replacement will begin on the Dayton Branch (Midway to Jamesburg) and on the Amboy Secondary... (more)
A lone SD40-2 pushes back a GREX ballast dumper as a CP ES44AC builds its intermodal train.
A lucky catch! As a ballast train approaches, an empty Northshore Mining empty train heads into the photo - getting two trains at the same time on this railroad is pretty difficult!
An Alaska Railroad Ballast train with 3 Geeps in three paint schemes.
UP empty ballast train moves over the Adams sub eastward.
Here's a Herzog ballast train heading west through Wilmington, with a pair of BN Cascade green SD40-2's in charge, the first with a FURX patch.
A westbound ballast train makes up some time on the West Slope with power on the head and rear.
BN GP28M 1501 and a unpatched BN operation livesaver GP28M hold at Streator with a westbound ballast train assisting with the cleanup of the previous day's derailment.
BNSF 154 at the point of a ballast train in the hole south of Truman Arkansas.
