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Railroads are not immune to entropy: everything goes to heck unless you prop it up. Interstate highway maintenance is paid for with tax dollars, whereas railroads must do their own maintenance, which is a never ending effort. People with specialized skills and machines with specialized abilities become necessities. Many maintenance of way (MoW) machines are complex, strange-looking beasts with steel wheels, built for function rather than form. Below is a sampling. Most of these photos have not appeared within the railroad tour pages where you can find other MoW photos.