Nickel Plate S-2 765 is about to pass underneath at Monroeville with a Bellevue - Orrville excursion. The misty morning air picks out both the headlight beam and the oscillating light mounted abov... (more)

With threats of 3 inches of snow on Thursday earlier in the week, I elected to use a day off I had earned at work on Friday, as I wanted to light up the 1225 in the snow. Well, Owosso happened to... (more)

There is not a whole lot that sounds and looks better than a pair of Lima built Berks hauling a freight train at sunrise... it really doesn't get much better at all.

As the cab of Pere Marquette 1225 fills with steam, the engineer sits calm and collected as he blows down the engine prior to departure for the North Pole (Ashley, MI).

Nickel Plate 765 wheels the eastbound New River Train through the Kanawha River Valley approaching Kanawha Falls, West Virginia.

With a replenished water supply, Nickel Plate 765 storms out of Montgomery, West Virginia.. The fourth coach of 1986 New River Train is rolling past the fire department tanker that provided the fi... (more)

The eastbound 1986 New River Train takes a pause at Montgomery, West Virginia. Nickel Plate 765 simmers while the local fire department fills its tank.

DMU Budd and Henschel steam locomotive side by side in Douro valley

Nickel Plate Road 765 blasts past the small pond on the ground of The Conrad Botzum Farmstead.

Pere Marquette 1225 an 2-8-4 steam locomotive is seen here passing the famous Carland Elevator on a beautiful November morning. Though PM 1225 was the inspiration behind the book "The Polar Expre... (more)

With this being only one of two chances to light up the 2016 version of the North Pole Express featuring the PM 1225, I wanted to make it count, and I was hoping that people would stay away from t... (more)

NKP 765 arrives into Franklin Park with its deadhead move. From here it will shove back to Metra's Western Ave Yard.

NKP 765 leads a passenger special along the CNW. Tom Golden photo.

NKP 765 leads a passenger special along the CNW mainline while a RTA commuter train makes a station stop. Tom Golden photo.

Famed L&N rail historians Ron Flanary and Charlie Castner pose in front of C&O 2716 which was temporarily cosmetically altered to look like an L&N M-1 engine for the L&N Historical Society Convent... (more)