This is a Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle. I heard secondhand that Norfolk Southern had just bought it. What it is is at: http://www.ensco.com/index.cfm?page=319

DOTX 218 rests on an interchange track between the Gettysburg and Northern and the NS Lurgan Branch in Mt Holly Springs. This is a FRA track geometry vehicle equipped with the ENSCO, Inc deployabl... (more)

US Department of Transportation/FRA track car passes Shen eastbound on the Cumberland Sub MM89.

One of the strangest little critters I've seen in a while. Looks to be brand new. Strangely, it appears to have locomotive compatible multiple-unit recepticals, and check out the electronic bell, ... (more)

FRA/USDOT Guage Testing car T-18 is seen idling in Maryland Midland's Union Bridge Yard on a sunny Wednesday.