By 1986, hi-rail vehicles had established their roles in MOW work, and the days of speeders were numbered, especially on Class 1 railroads. Needless to say, it was quite a surprise to stumble into... (more)

MOW vehicle Tm 234 001 of SBB Infra is pulling the Sersa ballast tamper machine VTmas 40 85 95 81 925-6 and an material flat car.

This is not a photo from a tourist line or a railfan event. This is the Chestnut Ridge Railway track gang’s everyday motorcar. Mack Trucks, Inc., built this model AB railbus in 1922, and it was ... (more)

A track bed stabilizer from the CSX Bryan Park Roadway Shop in Richmond, VA.

Union Pacific Jet Snow Blower JSB0201 awaits an opportunity to clear switches of ice and snow around the Salt Lake Terminal on Nov. 22, 2015.

MOW Gray. D&RGW Mudhen #463 hugs the contours of the hilly terrain around Milepost 309 as she hauls a heavy Maintenance of Way train westbound toward Osier, Colorado. Behind the 463 today ... (more)

D&RGW Work Extra 463 West. A D&RGW MOW Extra works its way west toward a construction site near Sublette, NM. In the consist today are Pile Driver OB and Derrick OP, as well as a number of... (more)

D&RGW MOW Equipment: Cook Car 053. When a work train is out on the line, there's no telling how long the crew is going to be away from their base. Whether cleaning up a derailment, or figh... (more)

A mixed bag of locomotives and MOW equipment sits beside the CSX shops in Richmond, Virginia.

D&RGW MOW Equipment: Pile Driver OB. A crew from the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec holds a short safety briefing in front of Pile Driver OB, prior to setting the machine up and conducting... (more)

D&RGW MOW Equipment: Derrick OP. This fine example of narrow gauge Maintenance of Way (MOW) equipment is Derrick OP. Built in 1911 by the old Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's Alamosa Shops... (more)

BNSF's MoW equipment sits on the spur track in downtown Flagstaff as an eastbound auto train rumbles through town.

The Union Pacific Railroad had all kinds of neat old equipment stored behind the UP depot in Salt Lake City. I wish I had photographed more of it, but glad I captured a few. Check out this old Gen... (more)

A title wave of snow crashes on road as the Marquette Rail Plow Extra blasts across M 37 just North of White Cloud.

This time, it wasn't JUST for the cameras. With his assistant carefully watching the alignment, Nevada Northern's Wreckmaster signals his crane operator to slowly lower a derailed hopper ... (more)