The front end of NYC Mowhawk 3001, preserved at the National New York Central Railroad Museum. From this angle it looks like a Hudson.

Wagons Ho! A pioneer wagon train meets Central Pacific No. 60, the "Jupiter," at Promontory. They seem to be going in circles....

Missabe steam rolls again! After 37 years of static display, Duluth & Northeastern 28 - formerly Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 332 - rolls down the BNSF main line south of Saunders pulled/pushed by... (more)

Wisconsin Lite Rail Rule G violation? This Davenport 35-tonner is on display at a liquor store in northeast Wisconsin. No frame number visible so I'm not sure who originally owned this &q... (more)

These five MP15DCs are in storage at St. Paul after very short careers as switching power.

Minnesota Commercial's lone Montreal M420W shoves the Bayport job into Midway Yard under a cloud of smoke. It's rare to catch this beast leading a train.

261 steams past the ore docks in Duluth on its way towards the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.

AT&SF FP45 90 is one of several vintage diesels exhibited at the Oklahoma Railway Museum

CNS&M 727 rolls through the outskirts of Mason City with a special photo trip sponsered by Steve Glischinski. No. 727 was built by Cincinnati Car in 1926 as Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee 727... (more)

Troubleshooting a valve gear problem before the first train of the day departed Hill City. The railroad had recently changed hands, and the lack of care given by the previous owner is obvious. T... (more)

Two of the largest NYC engines preserved - an E8 and a 4-8-2 - are on display at the National New York Central Railroad Museum.

The giant sleeps. DM&IR No. 227, one of the Missabe's legendary Yellowstones, watches over the town of Proctor late on this September evening. What I wouldn't give to see her run again.

The Strasburg Rail Road has repainted its ex-PRR GE 44-tonner into its historic Pennsylvania Railroad livery, a nice gesture. Here's the little gem sitting outside the Strasburg enginehouse in Ap... (more)

In the consist of the BN-CP Transfer on this hot August evening are Keokuk Junction Railway F9's 1761 and 1750, which are headed to their new owner in Saskatchewan. It's not very often that you s... (more)

Three Lima superpower steam locomotives under steam for Train Festival 2009. Lighting by Steve Barry and Pete Lerro.