The Burlington and the The Burlington. CB&Q 4-6-4 3003, in fresh paint, resides in close proximity to Burlington's namesake hotel along the Mississippi River.

A pair of relics sit next to each other: A Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson and a Canadian National MLW FPA4.

Canadian Pacific 2816 with the International Heavy Haul AssociationTechnical Tour ,entering the east end of Field Yard.

CP 2816 approaches the town of Webb.

CP 2816 steams through Gull Lake.

Looming over Canadian Pacific 2816 with the International Heavy Haul AssociationTechnical Tour are the Three Sisters.

For my birthday, I was allowed to see the Empress. Keep missing her out on the road. Taken with permission.

"If you guys can sell enough tickets to pay for the coal, we'll make a round trip to Norton." With that challenge from Appalachia Division superintendent Jim Seay, a small group of our local railf... (more)

Compared to the dearth of such rides now, the heyday of the Southern Steam Program brought some tremendous opportunities to ride behind main line steam over some very exotic routes. The "Independe... (more)

Canadian Pacific’s famed H1b Hudson No. 2816, the “Empress,” is at the Banff, Alberta, station with a passenger extra operated for the Lexington Group. With all of the changes going on over at the... (more)

Two Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger trains at Chicago Union Station, circa 1950. Leading the train in the background is F7-class 4-6-4 no. 102. Photograph by more)

BC Rail Royal Hudson 2860 takes passengers on a journey through the lush greenery along Howe Sound on its way north to Squamish.

ATSF 3450 is the first thing people see walking into the RailGiants museum and it is quite a sight! This engine was capable of going speeds in excess of 100mph while pulling passenger trains with ... (more)

The Passenger special drags its feet on its way to White Rock, BC with a hand washed ES44AC (BNSF 6422) in tow. She would open the throttle a half mile later entering Crescent Beach in glorious wi... (more)

On her way to Vancouver, BC The Royal Hudson rounds one of the many curves along Howe Sound on the ex-BC Rail mainline. Just above her some people can be seen on the old Hwy taking pictures of the... (more)