The 1982 NRHS Convention was held in Denver, Colorado. The schedule included an excursion trip from Denver to Sterling and return. Union Pacific 8444 was the power for this trip. Union Pacific 4-8... (more)

Hillyer Edwards Fuller Lumber Company 2-6-0 102 was built by Vulcan in October, 1915 for the Oakdale & Gulf Railway in Louisiana, a short logging railroad. After the railroad's abandonment in 1927... (more)

Inside the roundhouse at Calumet Yard NKP Hudson 173 rested after being coaled and watered. By this time she was mostly backup power for the Alco Pas that handled NKPs passenger service. On June 1... (more)

At the 40th Street Yard, C&NW M-3 0-6-0 2629 took a spin on the turntable before being put to bed in the roundhouse. The M-3 class engines were built to the USRA design by Alco in 1919.

The first steam excursion of the 1987 NRHS Convention featured N&W 1218 heading an excursion to Bluefield on the N&W mainline. This image includes the Norfolk & Western's position light signals an... (more)

St. Louis Southwestern 4-8-4 819 was built in 1943 as the last member of class L1. She was the final locomotive constructed by the Cotton Belt in the company shops at Pine Bluff and the last locom... (more)

IC 3683 in the deadline at Markham Yard. That's my railfan buddy playing engineer in the cab. These unusual locomotives were actually converted 2-8-2 engines, and were mostly used as hump power. I... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Almost every westbound Illinois Central freight would pause in Broadview to pick up or drop off a cut of cars from the IHB interchange. That was great from my point of view because I could sit bac... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Since 1891 the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway has been taking visitors to the summit of 14,110 feet Pikes Peak. Manitou & Pikes Peak 0-4-2T No 3 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890... (more)

In the waning days of steam, we made several trips to Burlington's Clyde Yard in Cicero to find steam survivors. After we spent some time near the roundhouse shooting the CB&Q O5a 4-8-4s, we heard... (more)

The February 21, 1981 Family Lines Rail System Safety Express ran round trip from Tampa, Fl to Dunellon via Plant City, Fl. Chesapeake & Ohio 614 was the power for this trip. Chesapeake & Ohio Cla... (more)

As 1956 arrived it became obvious that the end of steam in Chicagoland was getting ever closer. Some railroads were already dieselized while others used steam rarely and were therefore hard to pho... (more)

The October 30, 1982 Southern Steam Special ran from Atlanta to Chattanooga, a distance of approximately 115 miles each way. The power for this trip was NKP S2 class 2-8-4 765, built by Lima Locom... (more)