Working rail roads and their tracks.

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When I was loading Army and Postal vehicles onto rail cars, we had to move the cars by hand after the loco dropped them on the siding to get them close enough to each other for the bridge plates to span the gap between cars. Then we'd set the brakes.

The tool was similar to this....

I've used one of those to move cars at the Illinois Railway Museum.

 

[ArlyA]

A southbound taconite train rounds the bend near Mt Iron MN this afternoon amid snow squalls that were moving through the area. 12/18/25

 

[ArlyA]

Union Pacific No. 4014, known famously as the 'Big Boy,' powers through a snowy winter landscape. Originally retired in 1961 and restored to operation in 2019, this massive engine holds the title of the world's largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive, serving as a rolling tribute to the transcontinental railroad's history.

 

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