A Wisconsin Central welder has just lit off a thermite weld pot on the WC main line at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. A one-time-use form is attached to the rails surrounding the join... (more)

20 seconds into my time exposure and this happened. A single bolt of lightning from a severe thunderstorm moving out over the Atlantic, fanned out across the entire sky. Brand new crossing gates... (more)

Sparks Fly At Porter Track workers smooth out a bumpy rail at Porter Square after a week of work on track 2. During this week, a new section of rail was installed at Porter to replace an... (more)

"Smoothing the Rail at Farmingdale" A Long Island Rail Road track worker smooths out a recent thermite weld at the Secatogue Ave grade crossing on Main Line 1. Thermite welding i... (more)

RED, WHITE, BLUE AND PC TOO! When New York Central 41788 was built in the Despatch Shops at East Rochester, New York and began service in 1956 it was used as an automobile hauler before today’s... (more)

Mid track at Mid Grade. For many, the reality of Norfolk Southern removing the former Pennsylvania Railroad signals on its Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Divisions really hit home on Sunday, May 5, 201... (more)

Arizona's monsoon season are like no other. From June to October, rain, rainbows, and thunder happen nearly daily. July 17, 2017 was no exception. Here, the sounds of four GE locomotives pulling a... (more)

Fireworks explode over the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy, as it spends a very cold, clear night next to the Nevada County Depot and Museum in Prescott, Arkansas. Special thanks to the Mayor, City ... (more)

Happy New Year! - 2020 - New Year celebration in downtown of Budapest

A simulated scene of working on a steam engine in the 40s era comes to life at the Pomona Fairgrounds. In this scene, sparks rain down as a worker cuts metal on the 1926 built steam locomotive, pr... (more)

With another tropical system heading towards Melbourne, a lot of thunderstorms have been rolling in off the Atlantic. FEC train 107 is about to race through the Hessey Ave crossing as it heads so... (more)

The unofficial end of summer came to a close in dramatic fashion with the 43rd annual Western & Southern / WEBN Fireworks. The Cincinnati Railway & Ohio Rail Experience brought two sold out trains... (more)

During a fireworks a Thurbo S8 Service Schaffhausen - St. Gallen is crossing the Rhine Bridge Schaffhausen - Feuerthalen.

Fully loaded and pulling hard out of the mine past 82 Station cinders flying everywhere, whistle blowing, and drivers pounding the railhead. I will never forget my time in China and only wish I co... (more)

Randy, a volunteer for the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, makes welds in bolt holes below the coupler housing where a plate will hold the coupler's draft gear and the coupler its... (more)