The Petit train d'Artouste is a narrow gauge (500mm, 19 3⁄4 in) tourist railway situated in the French Pyrenees. The line is 10 km (6.2 mi) long at an altitude of about 2000 m (6,561 ft). Th... (more)

Members of the Railroad Heritage Alliance get their motorcars ready for a day of fun on the rails at the Craggy Mountain Line, a new shortline railroad, next to the railroad's recently acquired Al... (more)

The morning turn is crossing First Street in Shelton, interrupting a section crew who are busy replacing a guard rail on the wye track. Nice old speeder!

One of Transnet Freight Rail's "new" Luxrailer Inspection Trolleys, K9525020 (3 litre petrol engine), passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands.

A completely rehabbed truck awaits duty.

Steam wrecker rainbow
A rainbow forms in the dry desert air as a member of the wrecker crew blows down the boiler of Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane A at Lavon siding on the Adverse Bran... (more)

This catenary maintenance and inspection vehicle has just finished working on the Morgan Drawbridge and is clearing the way for the next scheduled train. The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy inun... (more)

The BNSF Jordan Spreader has sat in the Denver Yard for years, hopeful that the call to duty will eventually come.

Kershaw Ballast Regulator is sweeping ballast on some newly dropped ballast on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan line. MOW keeps them moving

Strasburg's motor car No. 10 scampers along at Esbenshade Road, heading back to Strasburg with a late afternoon run. Assembled from a wooden passenger coach in 1915, it operated for two years as ... (more)

A Brookville critter awaits its next work at Mine #2 of Pocahontas Coal near Vansant, VA.

The regular assigned switch power at the base of the Comandau Incline pulls a load of dimensional lumber off the incline. Note "engine shed" in background! The cable hauled incline connected two ... (more)

Hand braking and link and pin coupling at the turn of the 21st century. The brakeman rides between the massive fir logs. A US safety inspector may faint at this sight.

Union Pacific Shuttlewagon Mobile Railcar Mover No. CM-9601 switches some empty flatcars at the Laramie, Wyoming, welded rail plant on March 25, 2008. This particular model is a SWX430 with a 40,0... (more)