It's barbecue time on the footplate of the TCDD 56 548. Chicken steaks and onions are being roasted in the firebox of the locomotive. I must admit that the sandwich tasted very good together with ... (more)

Mebane Fire Department trucks line the street just a block from the firehouse as Mid East Railroad Service crews begin the process of getting NCDOT 1792 back on the rails following the grade cross... (more)

"A job that'd suit the devil as well..." Man-made lava on the slag dump. With only a matter of weeks left before the blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel would fall silent and cold, I was fortunat... (more)

An outbreak of arson-ignited forest fires burned for weeks in Eastern Kentucky in early spring and threatened lives and property, including this Myra Shifter. Wind-fueled flames up to 20 feet tall... (more)

In the cab of the ex french steamlocomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2), which is the largest fired by hand in Europe (without stoker)

The fireman in the cab of the 241 A 65 maintains the fire.

Even though New Jersey has had its fair share of drenching rain the last few weeks, the weather has since become unusually hot and dry as the rail grinder works east. Fire danger kept these worker... (more)

This CP westbound avoids the tie/ forest fire at Kam. Things have been extremely dry this spring and things are not looking good for forest fires this year. In the picture you can make out the bla... (more)

A maintenance worker just lit off the pot to initiate a weld on track 2 of the Chicago Mainline.

The weld of rails.The colliquation of steel inside the bain-marie.The fluid metal will switch the rails after 5 minutes about.

Late Saturday night (2/20/2010) BNSF's MBARSTO1 20A put 9 cars on the ground, some of which caught fire while inside Tunnel 9. The fire continued to burn well into Sunday, while crews waited for i... (more)

How to thaw out a frozen switch in nine degree weather, Take three fusees, a five gallon bucket of diesel, old shop rags, and....dedicated hard workers to say the least.

With a trackmobile and five coal hoppers behind, the crew uses plenty of diesel and fusees to unthaw a frozen switch in extremely cold temperatures.

An antique fire truck sits in the Tuckahoe Station parking lot awaiting the arrival of the Cape May Seashore Lines Santa Train.

The local fire brigade have extinguished a bogie fire on 31414 and keep watch in case of another flare up. The loco had caught fire while approaching Leicester with the 0805 Birmingham to Norwich... (more)