A UP eastbound leaves a tell-tale at a grade crossing as lightning strikes in the distance.

A worker for Engineers Construction Inc. (ECI) is cutting a section of rail to fit in a new panel track replacement for a crossing project in St. Albans, Vermont, while in the distance the NECR 43... (more)

All of the HSB's rolling stock is serviced in the Wernigerode Westerntor workshop. Some maintenanc work is done on the 99 7239.

With reassembly of WW&F Ry No. 9 in full swing, the engine's tender tank is placed on end, facilitating the stabilization of ancient repairs. www.wwfry.org

Fourth of July fireworks
A Burlington Northern coal train is ready to leave Alliance, Nebraska, on the eve of July 4, 1996. Four GE C30-7s power the train under the bright light towers ... (more)

Lightning streaks across the sky over the Florida East Coast double-track main lines during a severe thunderstorm. On average, 1,800 lightning strikes were recorded during a 30 minute period with ... (more)

A supercell thunderstorm rages on across the Texas night sky as the flashes of lightning silhouette tall cement grain silos as a BNSF container train flashes east through Umbarger at milepost 581.... (more)

While masks and stencils are being applied to the former VTR (ex-NCVA/CBNS) 3808 in order to fully Vermont Railway-ize it as the VTR 207, another Burlington shop worker is busy fabricating compone... (more)

Meeting the Torch... A scraping outfit from Ft. Scott, KS is underway in cutting up an OGEX bethgon that derailed at Santa Fe Jct. back in August.

Loram crew member watches the grinding as railgrinder grinds Norfolk Southern mainline

As the ‘blue hour’ settles in at dusk on the cold winter day of February 15, 1992, a Loram rail grinder slowly works its way west through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on Soo Line’s former Milwaukee ... (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)

Photographers get their shots of fireworks over the assembled locos outside Marley Hill engine shed during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.

With an average of over 2,900 lightning strikes per 30 minutes, severe thunderstorms light up the sky over the Florida East Coast.