The extreme winter conditions have created the 'Abominable Pony' out of NS 8345. A crew member braves the horizontal snow to attend to one of the many switches that will need to be cleaned before... (more)

Four-legged Traindriver assistant. Train's driver with his dog named Bucks moves TU6D narrow gauge locomotive at peateries of Mezinovsky narrow gauge railway in Vladimir region. D... (more)

The engineer of the Nevada Northern Railway #40 has just expertly spotted the tender under the water spout and the fireman is giving the 106-year-old Baldwin 4-6-0 locomotive a nice long drink in ... (more)

Carrying on the tradition of narrow gauge steam railroading along Eastern Oregon's Powder River, Engineer Eric Wunz is among the corps of die-hard volunteers who are the heart and soul of t... (more)

A family photo passed down through the generations, this is one I am glad wound up in my hands. I remember being in awe seeing this photo as a young child, knowing someone in my ancestry was at t... (more)

After finishing a run at Helper, Utah, on August 5, 1996, Engineer Leon “Spike” Moynier walks over the yard tracks to the Helper depot where he’ll tie up for the day.

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 269.9 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The 1st real cold... (more)

Lunch can take place at odd hours on the railroad. Another shot from my 2015 CRRPA submissions. Staged photo shot through a replicated brake gauge made of laser etched acrylic with laser cut needl... (more)

Wave from a Skyline. A VIA employee (and friend of mine) waves from the rear of 'Skyline' car VIA 8501 at it leaves Dorval after discharging its load of Rapido Train charter passengers. The... (more)

CP employee installs an SBU (Sense and Braking Unit) on the front of CP 1526 at Thunder Bay, Ontario. Can't really imagine why. Testing maybe?

Conductor disembarks CN 2170 to line a switch at Thunder Bay, Ontario.

We can do it! That was the slogan on the recruiting posters during the early 1940s, as American women joined the massive effort to defeat the Axis powers in World War II. At the beginning ... (more)

The end of the day finds brakeman Bill Baskerville waiting atop boxcar 309 to release the brake. Meanwhile engineer Gordon Cook, and fireman Joe Fox bring WW&F Ry No 10 around their train at"Top o... (more)

The engineer on the daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train climbs back on his unit after giving M338 a rollby at West Beth. M337 is very late tonight and ended up meeting it's counte... (more)

Long time Steamtown engineer Dick Roden hauls lube oil for his charge of the day, 1917 2-8-2 CN 3254. It's October 2012 and ole' '54 has less than 2 months of service left.