The early morning lighting along the remnants of the C&O Canal was spectacular. A Lerro special.

The "Rupert Rocket" departs Jasper, a nice "pocket" streamliner.

In the morning twilight, only the ice on the ties belies how cold it was. A northbound freight waits for a crew at Wendel. With the dorms and beanery abandoned and crews driven to Susanville for r... (more)

Just another day at work.

Smoke and steam are things that typically add a lot of drama to steam engine photography. But it is a two edged sword. In this view I got a bit more smoke than I had bargained for. C'est la vie... (more)

The Suiling Forestry Railway is one of the last log hauling lines left in China, and continues to this writing although for how long is a big question. It is normally dieselized, but has one more... (more)

WM 734 takes a loooong drink after a day on the mountain. A lot of steam era ambience around the beautifully preserved WM station with its water plug.

An open firebox door illuminates the fireman as the DRGW 488 heads west from Antonito shortly before sunrise. A Farrails/Pete Lerro charter.

The Independence Limited left Bluefield and will end its day at Portsmouth, OH.

El Paso streetcar. This line ran until 1974 and crossed into Juarez, Mexico.

The GW Travel trans-Canada special spent the night at Revelstoke and is heading for Banff in beautiful morning light a few miles east of Revelstoke. Interesting mix of power. In the bar at my mo... (more)

Our chartered mixed train rounds the oft photographed curve near the Zulu village of Mjila. A David Rogers special. My wife says the red flowers are called Red Hot Pokers, which sounds appropria... (more)

The servicing tracks were busy with steam back in 2002.

Early morning at Lava. A Pete Lerro/Farrails charter. Looks a bit "gritty", like the old days.

The morning FES mixto heads east to San Salvador from Sitio del Nino across a black lava bed. The 14 is an FES original as indicated by the link on the front pilot instead of a knuckle coupler. ... (more)