Man drives spike & partner braces tie with claw bar on FAST track @ Transportatn Test Centr;Pueblo Colorado

Man threads bolts thru tie plates to lay new tracks at derailment @ Transportatn Test Centr;Pueblo Colorado

Flames explode skyward at mock derailment during hazmat exercise @ Transportatn Test Centr/Pueblo Colorado

Hazmat trainees rush about table during mock derailment exercise; Transportation Test Centr/Pueblo Colorado

Suited-up trainees inspect fiery mock derailment at hazmat exam; Transportation Test Centr/Pueblo Colorado

Signal foreman Rod Jurgens tests track for error w/ teacher Glen Gargus;Natl Acdmy RR Sciences/KC Kansas

Daryl Steckler teaches man how to operate stationary simulator at Natl Academy of RR Sciences; KC. Kansas

Dispatcher Gwen Boren runs train traffic from video maps at Union Pacific's Harriman Center; Omaha Nebraska

Longfielder David Hughes trims trains @ Bailey Yard and signals with orange gloves; North Platte Nebraska

Auto carrier rolls by as distant one rolls thru retarder device on 'hump' hill at North Platte. Nebraska

A team of Union Pacific locomotives comes head on as it rounds curve @ Bailey Yard;North Platte Nebraska

George Sedlacek sets cable on locomotive to pull it up for wheel truing at Bailey Yard; N Platte. Nebraska

Hostler Carol Bargell's red fingernails contrast with grimy repair shop;Bailey Yard/N Platte Nebraska

Special agent LW Campbell, rail cop, stands w/ cuffs & pistol by car hobos like to ride; N Platte Nebraska

Engineer Edwin Hernandez leans from cab of Santa Fe locomotive at P&M coal mine west of Raton. New Mexico

Work gloves, tough hands & worn jeans tell track worker's story in rear-end view; Kirkwood, Missouri

Conductor Jim Collins hops aboard UP #9501 after doing a roll-by inspection in Columbia Rvr Gorge Oregon

Engineer Jim Curry in UP's #9501 relaxes while his train speeds west thru Columbia River Gorge. Oregon

Containers are loaded off cargo ship after arriving from Oceania at one of the ports in Portland. Oregon

Stacks of red and green cargo containers look like Xmas gifts along dock in late pm; Portland. Oregon

'Packer' vehicle transfers container off a Union Pacific train to flatbed truck as it pulls up; Seattle, Washington

'Piggy Packer' lifts truck trailer off a railroad flatcar at Union Pacific's intermodal railyard; Seattle, Washington

Utility van drives up ramp into auto carrier railcar for shipment to distant city; Portland. Oregon

Endless rows of aluminum ingots line dock after unloading from train in background; Portland. Oregon

Egyptian ship fills with wheat at grain elevator serviced by trains on Willamette Rvr;Portlnd Oregon

Worker surveys mounds of wheat in hold of ship bound for Egypt; Willamette River, Portland. Oregon

Track workers tug on iron bars as they fix switch track in Union Pacific railroad yard; Portland. Oregon

Two track workers tug on jack bar as they fix switch track in Union Pacific RR yard; Portland. Oregon

Tattooed arms grasp bridle bar that secures switch track during repair work in UPRR yard;Portlnd Oregon

Worker's gloved hand rests on iron bar as crew finishes track repair in background; Portland. Oregon

Enginr David Jenkins takes tickets on Mt Hood RR, which carries tourists, fruit & lumber;Mt Hood Oregon

Enginr Dave Jenkins stands near Mt Hood RR railcar, a short-line RR for tourists, fruit & lumber. Oregon

Engineer Bruce Seguin on front of Conrail engine gets off work @ sunset toting gym bag; Altoona Pennsylvania

Engineer Bruce Seguin sits at controls of Conrail locomotive on run from Johnstown to Altoona. Pennsylvania

Machinist Kermit Alwine checks trueness of crankshaft at the Juniata Locomotive Shop; Altoona Pennsylvania

Rows of railcar wheel sets await remachining and new bearings at Conrail's Hollidaysburg Car Shop Pennsylvania

Sparks pour as man torches steel panels for making coal cars at Conrail's Hollidaysburg Car Shop Pennsylvania

Conrail train comes down Horseshoe Curve, the 1854 engineering marvel that bridged Alleghenies. Pennsylvania

View from cab shows train of 'roadrailers' rounding curve past brilliant autumn trees;Johnstown Pennsylvania

Railcars carrying freight containers race eastward with express cargo; seen from westbound train Wyoming