Close call at Toltec Siding. RP viewers who have met me know how much I dislike derailment photos. While I actually have a few of them, I typically don't post them, because they show the u... (more)

Since San Bartolomé is a "switchback" with no counterpart, locomotives need to be run around the trains (and turned on the turntable) before proceeding. And since they've already taken the train ... (more)

Oil for the steamloc in Drei Annen Hohne, these trains run from Wernigerode to the Brocken (1125m over sealevel, highest point in the northern part of Germany) in the Harz National Park

The fireman and his pipe - as cool as a cucumber.

Brakeman Dustin fills Number 2's saddle tank between runs on a gorgeous mid-summer afternoon.

An Amtrak Washington Terminal yard conductor gives hand signals to his engineer as they maneuver a diesel through the overbuild of Union Station. The electric motor has already been removed and t... (more)

Western Railway of Alabama track crews work to clean up derailment of Port of Mobile (AL) bound (Louisville & Nashville) coal train. The workers with the rail saw are at the point of the derailme... (more)

A rare perspective of Amtrak's K Tower in the Washington Terminal. Even between the commuter train lulls the tower bustles with activity from Amtrak, Marc and VRE traffic. Having spent a caree... (more)

Railroad Development Corp. chairman Henry Posner III watches the track ahead as engineer Felipe Mario rolls his westbound freight towards Nampula late on a summer afternoon in Northern Mozambique.... (more)

The train conductor working on Rio Grande's Provo switcher ties down his caboose on the eastward main track at Provo on June 7, 1977. The D&RGW 01504 was built new by International Car for the Rio... (more)

Repair work is performed on the end of SP&S 272 at the Northwest Railway Museum's Conservation & Restoration Center. This car was built as... (more)

Cab with driver in 815 series two car EMU between Kumamoto and Higoozu. Typical for japanese railway operation are the white gloves of the driver and his personal pocket watch, placed in a well li... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad trimmer job derailed in the Galesburg, Illinois hump yard is lifted by crews from Hulcher Services on Saturday afternoon, June 30, 2013. Steve Smedley pho... (more)

Conductor Brad studies his lists with his power idling close by.

CP 8557 from an engineers perspective.