"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
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CN #3254 powers through the grade departing Scranton, PA.
More B&W Railroad: Canadian National RailwayLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: CN 3254Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 18, 2008
Starkly silhouetted by the strong springtime sun, a southbound freight makes it's return trip from the Grand Canyon bound for Williams, Arizona, during a Lerro Productions photo charter. Click more)
DRG&W #478 highballs north out of Durango bound for Silverton. A Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Durango, Colorado, USALocomotive #: DRGW 478Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 25, 2011
Once upon a time in 2012.
More B&W Railroad: Canadian National RailwayLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Moscow, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: CN 3254Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 25, 2012
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)
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)
With facilities in Middletown, Durham, Guilford, Higganam, as well as the headquarters in Essex, the E.E. Dickenson Co. kept the New Haven plenty busy switching out carloads in efforts to maintain... (more)
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)
Reading & Northern #425 simmers under a starry Summer sky. bw
    Autumn Morning.   This photo reminded me of Jim Thias's Amtrak photo (decades later, of course). Canadian National CN 7312. bw
J at Rest: N&W's Streamlined Js had 80,000 pounds of tractive effort and were proven able to hold a steady speed of 110 mph with a 15 car train while on loan to the PRR. Railroad: Norfolk & WesternLocomotive: Steam 4-8-4Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USALocomotive #: NW 611Train ID: Lerro Photo CharterPhoto Date: November 13, 2010
Just another day in 1954 as Milwaukee Road #261 clears the cross bucks with a freight at Jet Avenue, in Glencoe, Minnesota - compliments of Mr Peabody, Sherman and Pete Lerro. Yes... one more #26... (more)
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
Late one night in Virginia, the crew discovers a hidden coupler within the pilot and decide to secretly run a double header with N&W #610. No photos exist of the event... In actuality, it is unl... (more)
B&O Mount Royal Station
For a daytime view and further information regarding this beautifully restored historic depot, click Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)Locomotive: DepotLocation: Baltimore, Maryland, USALocomotive #: UnknownTrain ID: UnknownPhoto Date: June 14, 2012
Mower Lumber Company #2 climbs an incredibly steep grade after making what appears to be an incredibly sharp hair pin turn. Oh, wait, come to think of it, that is actually one of the many switchb... (more)
RBMN #425 spends the night under steam at the depot. bw
Michigan 1938. It's been a long hard day on the line and the crew of LS&I #33 returns to home base in a light engine move, eagerly anticipating a nice cold Pfeiffer's Famous Beer upon arrival. T... (more)
Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station bw
Forsaken
SP&S #539 was taken out of a park and is reportedly in excellent shape. The engine is for sale and ready for a second career. bw
"Shades of the AT&SF" bw
Eye on the prize: Owen Hawkins, the engineer of tonight's train #26, the Powhatan Arrow, leans out of the cab to grab trainorders. bw
Poor 'ole CN #3377, sits forlorn in the yard at Steamtown as a parts source for Steamtown's current star, sister engine #3254. The engine's tender, trailing trucks and even pony trucks have been ... (more)
Some people would call this a B&W, I see much more then that! Part of my Railroad: Milwaukee RoadLocomotive: Steam 4-8-4Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USALocomotive #: MILW 261Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 09, 2008
More N&W from my collection, featuring #475. (Built: 1906). bw
At ease, Old Glory poses by PM #1225 on frigid night in Owosso. More B&W's Railroad: Pere MarquetteLocomotive: Steam 2-8-4Location: Owosso, Michigan, USALocomotive #: PM 1225Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: February 15, 2008
The Beast Reading #2124 Northern from a unique vantage point. bw
Fond memories chasing the DRG&W with steam photographer John West and friends. Hard to believe it was only last week. bw
Body and soul. Or, reminiscing days gone by. bw
Well before the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, Canadian National celebrated the Holidays with a wreath hung on the nose of steam engine #3254, at least under the management of Steamtown. Capture... (more)
"Desert View" bw
Time machine - CN 3254 prepares to take visitors back into time. bw
Traffic through Owosso is rather slow yet the station master is unable to finish reading the lastest 'Railroad' magazine prior to the arrival of PM #1225. Who'd have thought that many minutes lat... (more)
Wheels in motion! Pan shot. bw
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
Spring Switch. bw
New Haven Fireman; Eric Steinberg. bw
Armed with modern day technology and observation I've travelled back in time with my 200 mm lens to take what would then be considered a completely "out of the box" composition. Milwaukee Road #2... (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
Next stop, 1948? bw
Steam at night at Strasburg, PA with Great Western #90 painted in her original livery. bw
Preserved in BW, the last days of WMSR steam (prior to the bike trail, that is). WM #734 barrels out of the West end of Brush Tunnel on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
An evening pan. One of my favorite photos in BW.
Mauch Chunk flashback... bw
From the archives... Built in 1910, this photo of CN 911 was most likely taken around the turn of the century. Check date above for more accurate date. bw
Seth Corwin and Dick Roden, the heart and soul of CN #3254. bw
Norfolk Southern's #9704 makes it's way up the grade while Bennett Levin's PRR E's # 5711 and 5809 lead an Eastbound special around the Curve and back to Altoona. A photo in BW.
Monon: The Hoosier Line. bw
Steady as she goes - the engineer has plenty of throttle available and at his command as he leads No. 40, a 1925 Baldwin, through the rural landscape of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Captured at ... (more)
A Canadian is awakened. High contrast BW.
The coal doesn't just go in the hole.... NH&IRR fireman stokes the firebox, his scoop is laden with coal, making sure to direct the load to a precise spot on the firebed spaced out to keep the fir... (more)
Another day on the job..... if it were 1955. View from the cupula of a WM caboose during a steam charter. Although these cabeese were pretty roomy in their day, during a charter this is a tough... (more)
Man, machine and steam... a new day dawns in Berks County, PA. bw
"My Kind of Town..." A high contrast BW photo -special thanks to RP member Chris Groeling for the superb location.
Seemingly wicked curves. bw
