Railroad workers had to rescue a stricken male raccoon after it became frozen to one side of the tracks -- stuck fast -- by its private parts.

The animal was seen facing the oncoming train carriage as it straddled one side of the track.

Railroad worker Neil Mullis, 35, was out on the job when he came across the little guy.

The traumatised-looking raccoon was eventually removed from the rail with hot water and a shovel.

Neil, from Cochran, Georgia, USA, said: "I poured the warm water under his bottom while a co-worker worked the shovel under his butt to try and break him loose.

"After about five minutes of slowly working him loose, he was free. He jumped off the rail and ran in the woods never looking back."

Despite the intense rescue efforts from Neil and his colleagues, nobody could tell how, or why, the raccoon got into this predicament.

Neil added: "I’m guessing because it was -12 degrees outside somehow he was crossing over the rail and sat too long and got stuck!"

Clumps of fur were left still stuck to the rail after it managed to get loose as Neil is heard saying "operation well performed. Little fella is safe now."

Neil estimated that at the time, temperatures plummeted to around -12 degrees Celsius.

The incident was filmed on December 19, 2022.