W&W #58 leads a Saturday Autumn Leaf excursion on November 9th, captured here at "Bridge 8A" at Wooddale in the backwoods of DE.
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride, and soon I had some shots never seen before. Dashing through the woods, backlit all the way, oh what fun it is to shoot the W&W in Fall!
Racing through the colorful backwoods of Delaware, W&W #98 pulls an Autumn Leaf Excursion through Yorklyn, captured here paralleling Creek Road. The second of two trips, this train ran past the n... (more)
W&W #98, a 4-4-0 "American" engine brings an Autumn Leaf Special past the normal Mt Cuba terminus and on towards Hockessin, DE. Engine 98 was built by the American Locomotive Company of Schenecta... (more)
Wilmington & Western #98 is seen exiting Wooddale Rock Cut all decked out for the Holidays.
Literally one day after her last day of operation, 58 is seen here in the back shop with her smokebox cover and tender removed to prepare for a mandatory 15 year FRA overhaul. It is hard to believ... (more)
Literally one day after her last day of operation, 58 is seen here with her smokebox cover removed to prepare for a mandatory 15 year FRA overhaul. The cover is seen at right with the headlight si... (more)
Locomotive 58 makes one of her last runs through the Red Clay Valley before undergoing her mandatory 15 year rebuild.
Number 98 emerges from the shadows and is greeted by the late afternoon sun on the final Autumn Leaf Special of 2013
Two very different steamers - an Alco and a Stanley - pause for a timeless photograph.
Wilmington & Western's 4-4-0 charges toward Mount Cuba on a fine October afternoon.
Wilmington & Western's 4-4-0 attacks the grade south of Yorklyn on its way to Hockessin.
Wilmington & Western's 4-4-0 98 charges upgrade into Hockessin on the final Autumn Leaf Special of 2013
On it's last run of the day, Wilmington & Western Railroad 4-4-0 #98 storms past Mount Cuba Road on it's way to Hockessin, Delaware.
It was at this very spot one year ago, that I caught Former U.S. Army #58 fighting the grade here at Wooddale. Today, 58 sleeps and awaits her final day of running before a 15 year inspection unde... (more)
