There's been a wreck on the Nevada Northern up at the mine in Ruth and NN steam Wrecking Crane A, its tender and assorted other cars have been called out to set things right. A beautiful simulati... (more)

An SD40-2 pulls and eastbound train that consists of a crane and caboose through Elliston, Va.

It's a jungle out there! Well, almost. The Burro Crane operator is opening up the ditch along the right-of-way of long deferred of maintenance. This was the PRR's route to the massive Berwick ACF ... (more)

The C9 was a 0-4-0 crane locomotive buit by Dübs for the Argentine Southern Railway in 1891.

In january 2013, the "Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14270 of SBB Historic, which was exhibited in Erstfeld on a short piece of track since 1982, was put back on the tracks by two large railway ... (more)

Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. #93 is putting a replica wreck train together in the East Ely yard. The occasion is the winter photo shoot of the NNRy Museum. That 100 ton steam wrecking crane in t... (more)

In january 2013, the "Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14270, which was exhibited in Erstfeld on a short piece of track since 1982, was put back on the tracks by two large railway cranes and then ... (more)

In january 2013, the "Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14270, which was exhibited in Erstfeld on a short piece of track since 1982, was put back on the tracks by two large railway cranes and then ... (more)

In january 2013, the "Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14270, which was exhibited in Erstfeld on a short piece of track since 1982, was put back on the tracks by two large railway cranes and then ... (more)

0-6-0 T E 3/3 # 10 of the Dampfbahn Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO), called "Chemie Tiger" because came from the Uetikon chemical plant, is pulling a hand braked freight train from Bauma to Bäret... (more)

WW&F Track Construction Gantry Car: "Elmer". Here's a clean view of the WW&F's recently-developed track construction gantry car, affectionately known as "Elmer". This car, and its accompan... (more)

A lo-boy semi bottomed out on a crossing west of Gold Bar, got stuck and got hit, resulting in a derailment. Here BN GP30 no. 2226 assists the wrecking crew on the work train assigned to undo the ... (more)

“Cleanup on Aisle 4”
Near the throat of the eastbound classification yard at Brunswick, CSXT 940508 works to rerail several wayward loaded hoppers on the No. 4 running track on 08/24... (more)

With almost all railroads contracting out derailment cleanups to outfits like Hulcher and R.J. Corman, a wrecking crane is pretty much a rarity these days. On May 28, 2008, BNSF still had 250-ton ... (more)

Towards the end of regular broad gauge steam use on Indian railways, we find Pacific No WL15058 (built in India in 1967) being coaled by an ancient, self-propelled steam crane, at Jalandhar depot ... (more)