Maintenance is an ongoing and essential part of safe railroad operations. Here a CN Maintenance-of-Way crew is parked up at Stewarttown in the siding for the weekend on the Halton Subdivision. They are often not seen, or not paid a lot of attention to, but crews like this are constantly out doing the essential work of keeping the track in safe condition for the trains bringing so many goods to us, and passengers to and from their destinations.
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction 