Engine 2816 rests at Deramus Yard next to the KCS Southern Belle fleet.

Streamliners A Decade Later. The "Streamliners At Spencer" event at the N.C. Transportation Museum kicked off on Thursday, May 29, 2014. During the long weekend, 26 classic streamlined unit... (more)

The F units are on their way out of the station with the 11 AM Lehigh Gorge train. To the right is a tank car filled with water for #2102, which at this point was still en route to Jim Thorpe.

S311-N464-T381 prepare to attach to an SSR grain consist at the Allied Mills terminal in Kensington.

Snow and steam heat greet passengers as they board the train to meet Santa Claus.

Canadian Pacific 2816, "The Empress", leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour train across one of the arched bridges outside of Kansas City as it heads south toward Heavener

Seaboard Air Line EMC E4 and mate are seen at Richmond Virginia in 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Remember the past and the present... During CNW weekend, the Union Pacific sent the UP 1995, the CNW heritage SD70ACe to be on display during the action both Saturday and Sunday. With the theme i... (more)

Sleek Lehigh Valley PA-1 608 minus the black strips, leads the westbound "Black Diamond" near Buffalo, New York on October 22, 1953. Photo by Art Bleam, from my collection. ... (more)

Southern Railway train number 46, The Tennessean, is led by ALCO DL-109 6401 as it leans into the curve at Johnson City Tennessee in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Once sitting nearby rotting in the weeds, #1400 is on display with #29 in Ogden, having been relocation from the Pavilion downtown.

Image this string going out on the daily local for real in 2021. This former MILW f-unit is masquerading as a Chesapeake & Ohio unit while its companion is somewhat more authentic (where did they... (more)

This is how the Wabash E8, 1009, appeared when on display at the Roanoke Transportation Museum at Wasena Park in Roanoke Virginia in September 1979. In November 1985, the museum would be devastate... (more)

The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

A walk along a public bike path next to the Seminole Gulf Railroad yard in Fort Myers revealed all that remains of SGRL 501. I don't know if it is going to be rebuilt or if it is being used for p... (more)