A rail gang goes to work on this cold early October morning before the sun rises. This rail crew is replacing all the stick rail in Union Pacific's Altoona, Wisconsin yard with welded rail.
A conductor releases the hand brakes on his train in a downpour in order to get on the move east out of Altoona.
A Norfolk Southern coal train backs up to the Lobata loadout with a NW caboose and crew on the rear protecting the shove move.
