During Amtrak No. 5’s station stop at the temporary depot across from Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, an Amtrak baggageman unloads some packages from the baggage car on the morning of October 1... (more)

The crew of Strasburg 89 uses hand signals to spot their caboose on a foggy and damp morning in Strasburg after retrieving one loaded grain car from the NS interchange at Leaman Place Junction.

About to turn the heat off - a detail of the tire just as it got hot enough to remove the tire. Luckily, even though there was much strength and work involved in the process by the volunteer membe... (more)

Heating a damaged tire for it's removal at the new Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

Number 5 backs a car into the Johns Manville siding in Defiance, Ohio. The line to the left leads across the Maumee River and onto Napoleon. Maumee and Western, Defiance, Ohio

Student Engineer Kale McConnell takes lessons from veteran Frank Christopherson as he adjusts his gloves before making an air brake application so that the passengers can get a nice view of the sc... (more)

After a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006, a welder finishes up one of the joints with a g... (more)

A broken rail on the BNSF's Orin Sub gets repaired on this cold January morning.

The Kyle Railroad conductor applies the hand brake to some grain hoppers in Arriba, Colorado.

This ex-Oakway SD60 spent most of its life as a 9000's series number. Now in a new home they are 5400's series. These number board are home made at Centralia Shops during the upgrades and repainti... (more)

The chair in front of the fire is for her man when he returns from driving an early steam locomotive as they had no protection for the crew. The 0-4-0 locomotive in the shed illustrates this perfe... (more)

Working the former B&O main on the Chessie System.

At the Helper depot, Conductor Dustin Sabey, Engineer Mel Baughman and Machinist Tony Bueno start the morning off with some strong coffee and healthy discussions on April 7, 2005. Dustin and Mel w... (more)

On a warm June 24, 2002, Machinist Gordon Olson does some routine mechanical work on Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 at Helper, Utah.