A variation of a theme inspired by O'Winston Link, Pere Marquette #1225 gets her rods lubricated at the Steam Railroading Institute shops prior to a weekend of excursions through Southern Michigan... (more)
Spring Switch. bw
From the archives... #7312 was built in 1912 and #911 two years earlier, in 1910. B&W photo taken in the early part of the (this) century. Canadian National. Railroad: Strasburg RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-6-0Location: Strasburg, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: CN 911Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 05, 2007
A Night in the Museum. A BW Photo. There are two "official steam locomotives of Pennsylvania", K4s #1361, which will hopefully complete it's perilous restoration to operation and sister K4s #3750... (more)
Milwaukee Road #261 in a pan shot, caught between 2 QJ's and a near solid consist of Milwaukee Road passenger cars. BW Photo.
CN #3254 makes an early morning departure enroute to Moscow, PA. Baldwin #26 was in operation and tagged along. bw
Mauch Chunk flashback... bw
"Nickel Plate High Speed Service" Apparently, the tag line applies to it's passenger service as well. A Railroad: Nickel Plate RoadLocomotive: Steam 2-8-4Location: Bannister, Michigan, USALocomotive #: NKP 765Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 25, 2009
Though an Ohio Central railroad was in existence as early as 1879, there are simply too many conflicts in the railroad time line to improvise a realistic tale of a viable and sovereign Ohio Centra... (more)
New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-10-2Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USALocomotive #: IAIS 6988Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 16, 2006
Autumn Morning. This photo reminded me of Jim Thias's Amtrak photo (decades later, of course). Canadian National CN 7312. bw
A good 'ol fashion runby! It's 1958 and the Nickel Plate Railroad is about to retire #765 but not without one last hurrah. Fans gather by Carland's Elevator with their Rolleiflex, ... (more)
Steam at night at Strasburg, PA with Great Western #90 painted in her original livery. bw
Wheels in motion! Pan shot. bw
The Beast Reading #2124 Northern from a unique vantage point. bw
