People at work on the Railways

[interurban]

They are out in all weather, 24hours 7 days a week.
After talking to a few x railroaders I would like this thread to capture them at work.

This train has just got the all clear on a cold bright Sunday morning, a crew of eight were fixing track.

 

[interurban]

This is a shot of the switch men who make sure all switchs have functioned properly. I was nice and warm in my car , - 10 wind chill -18.

 

[interurban]

The wind was strong and I waited for 30 minutes for one train , He waited for every one.
Please add pictures to honour these dedicated men and women

 

[Peirce]

Maintaining equipment is a constant task. Here a repair is being made to a locomotive frame.

 

[Peirce]

Switching is still done manually in many places. Here in a museum railyard...

...and even Amtrak must do so. Here an Amtrak conductor is throwing the switch that allows his train to enter the Birmingham, Alabama, station.

 

[RailRon]

Chilly repair work on a defective turnout motor - no fun.

 

[RailRon]

Switching industrial sidings in open roads - a task with great responsability.

This man 'radio-controls' the engineer of the switching cut. Another one is already further down the road (behind our back) flagging down road traffic.

 

[RailRon]

The engineer has to pay full attention to the commands while feeling the impatience of the automobile drivers behind his switching cut. Stressing...

 

[interurban]

Thankyou Pierce and RailRon for those intresting photo`s of people at work.

 

[Peirce]

No locomotive should be without one of these:

The engineer, of course. Here, on board the Danbury Railway Museum's RS-1.

 

[Peirce]

Another part of the job of running a railroad--guiding this Genesis in to gently couple with a train already loaded with passengers.

This was in Union Station in Washington DC. The run from New York had been under the wire. From here to Charlotte, NC, the power is diesel.

 

[DanRaitz]

Getting ready for a meet with AmTrak

 

[Peirce]

Boarding passengers in Washington, DC; here we have a contuctor (r) and a car host.

 

[Peirce]

Here is a Metro North track crew at work replacing a few spikes.

 

[interurban]

Great shots Pierce, I can here the spikes going in

 

[pcentral]

Nice shots guys!
Pierce, I have a spike puller and used it once to pull a spike from a tie I was putting in my yard. I wouldn't like to be on the business end of it all day, it is #%@*^! heavy. My hat is off to the men and women who daily keep the railroads running.
Steve

 

[Peirce]

Here is a happy crew, bringing their GP7 into the service area after the day's tourist run.

Great Smokey Mountain Railroad.

 

[DanRaitz]

Strange, that doesn't look like a Boeing?

Dan

 

[interurban]

Putting spares away on a rainy day

 

[Peirce]

Refueling the DRM's RS-1.