A southbound train nears the summit of Jingpeng Pass.

On a frigid winter morning a train of empty ore cars heads up the hill and through Tunnel One for the mines around Copper Flat, where they will be loaded back to the mill at McGill. Or at least t... (more)

A Pete Lerro charter.

Farrail Tours recreated the days of the Deutsche Reichsbahn on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, and the engineer and fireman sport DR uniforms as they wait for orders at Magdesprung.

A White Pass train heads back to Skagway from Fraser.

A westbound stack train exits Tunnel 35 at Yuba Gap on an overcast winter day.

A southbound BCRail train crosses the Fraser River just north of Lillooet.

The 40 is a loooong way from home. Originally built for the IRCA in warm Central America, she migrated from there to Colorado. From Colorado she made a brief visit to the White Pass, before ret... (more)

When the U. S. Navy arranged for me to make a brief visit to Sasebo, Japan, not only was I able to buy my first Nikon camera at the Navy Exchange, but I was surprised to find the JNR to be 100 per... (more)

A southbound train of lumber rumbles down the 2.2 percent grade through the spectacular Cheakamus canyon.

Cumbres section house framed by the snowshed. I like the details. The engine is taking water from the water plug, and a gon of new ties is on west end of the siding. The black dog by the switch s... (more)

It's early evening as the BCR's late lamented Budd cars return to North Vancouver along beautiful Howe Sound.

C&S 641 backs into town to pickup its train for Climax on an absolutely glorious winter day in the Arkansas River Valley. In the background are several peaks that exceed 14,000 feet. I think one... (more)

The Durango Railroad Historical Society's restored DRGW 315 climbs Cumbres Pass with a short train. The Chama and Wolf Creek valleys are in the background. The location is actually in Colorado, ... (more)