Steam engine locomotives was hauled excursion train for Ayutthaya Station on State Railway of Thailand's 116 years anniversary day.
It's a cold raw evening in the railroad yards and crews are preparing their equipment for a cold nights work.
PRR 3750 is resting in Lancaster Yard after a hard day of work on the Keystone. Soon, the crew will load into the engine and head back out.
Its a cold night in Altoona and a K4 gets ready to take a passenger train to Harrisburg,while a DD1 gets a milk train ready to head west.
Reading Pacifics were serviced at Camden Terminal Enginehouse. Reading Class G2sa, built 1926.
K4s running in reverse to the Meadows Engine Terminal after dropping either the Broker or the Banker at the Harborside Terminal at the Hudson River. This was the terminal for the Hudson & Manhatta... (more)
Southern Railway 1380 one of the only streamlined 4-6-2's on the Southern pauses at Atlanta Yard
Numerically straight K4 #5432 still works PRSL trains during the summer season.
Reading Pacifics wait for work at the Atlantic City end of the PRSL system. Summer season trains from Philadelphia kept these modern yet obsolete steam engines in service a bit longer than they o... (more)
Standing out in a sea of Rock Island blue, GTW 5629 awaits a call to duty that will never come. Fitting location considering it was rusting away in a yard of the deceased Rock Island.
Standing on the embankment next to the small yard at Hammonton allows this perspective of Reading G3 Pacifics serving to augment the added trainsets for summer service trains from Philly to Atlant... (more)
Here's a tender-forward view of GS3 #215 which just yarded it's one-car train after a Saturday run. Summer season trains on the PRSL brought out the Pacifics for a last hurrah, it's only six year... (more)
A view from above the tender of the Reading steam engines shows the small yard, turnaround track, and the main in the distance. This is the commuter service from Hammonton to Camden. to Camden.
Reading engine #218 is another of the G3 Pacifics still holding down duty on PRSL runs at this date. The PRSL Baldwin AS-16 diesels are invading though, and the Pacific's service lives are nearin... (more)
Engine #215 simmers after yarding it's 1-car train into the Hammonton yard. In the PRR style on the pilot beam, EA stands for Eastern Region, and CTE means Camden Terminal Enginehouse.
PRR K4s No. 1361 has a respectable 8 cars in tow, crossing over at ROSE with a Bellefonte-Altoona excursion.
After running up the North Shore Scenic Railroad trackage and a two hour stop at the former D&IR depot in Two Harbors, the passengers and crew are back on board and are now making the return run t... (more)
The engine driver of Britannia 70000 hands off way bills to the signal box during the North Yorkshire Moors Railway 2012 Spring Steam Gala.
R&N's blue Pacific takes a spin on the former CNJ turntable (with a fresh coat of green paint) in Jim Thorpe, PA. To the right sits R&N"s recently painted red caboose which was featured on a pho... (more)
A steam powered suburban train emerges from the C&NW's Chicago passenger terminal (now Metra's Olgilvie Transportation Center) in this 1952 view by photographer Wallace W. Abbey. Courtesy of the <... (more)
Pacifics #210 and #212, former passenger power, sit idle in the dead line waiting for the executioner. During this era, the Virginian was on a diesel-buying binge and by 1957 all steam operations... (more)
No. 2317 steams up the Gangway track after dumping ash. On the right, her mechanic, carman and conductor confer before the day's work on "The Shuttle."
GWR Manor No. 4828 immaculate after a recent overhaul poses at Minehead next to the water tower. The locomotive has been renamed from Odney Manor to Norton Manor in recognition of 40 Commando base... (more)
The Summer of Love and for the Southern Region of British Railways there was less than a month before the end of steam operations. I made a trip to Basingstoke to take some pictures before the end... (more)
Tim Schandel poses on the 2719 for the 2011 Lake Superior Railfan Weekend.
PRR steam lays over at Bay Head Jct. This 3751 did not lead an illustrious life after retirement like the one on the west coast, unfortunately.
An eastbound Penn Central mail train passes by Dick Jensen's former GTW Pacific as a Penn Central train from Detroit arrives, two days before Amtrak. Lots to see here, including Flexi-Vans; L&N E ... (more)
A DB Pacific runs light through the Helmstedt station. Look at those new Volkswagen models on the transporters.
"...now warming up in the bullpen..." A couple of PRR K4's performing faithfully during their last years in service are seen in this Ansco-Color view performing as race trains, one arriving off ... (more)
The OTHER 3751.
GTW 5629 takes a ride on the turntable at Indianapolis during a 1966 fan trip. J. McDaniels photo-negative in my collection.
Just like a scene out of the 1950's, the #2719 heads off to the old Northern Pacific yard to wye and then get serviced for the next days trips.
An unidentified K4 and electrics can be seen co-mingling at the Meadows Terminal.
Her last stop before heading out on the road, #5633 gets topped off at the chute under the watchful eye of the foreman.
A broader view of 5633 in her environs as she moves slowly by to the coal dock at Milwaukee Jct. terminal
One of the last three Pacifics built for GTW by Baldwin in 1929 rolls out of the barn onto the table at Milwaukee Jct., to be spun and then coaled/watered.
Spun, 5633 has her game face on as she's hostled up to the coal dock.
The Old meets new. Reading & Northern's #425 sits fired up ready to run for it's weekend excursions to Jim Thorpe. Here she sits chatting with R&N's Big SD-50 5014, perhaps talking about all fri... (more)
The bags are packed and she is ready to go home. PRR K4 1361 is days away from finally leaving Steamtown after an extended stay. Here is to the hope that in Altoona she may breathe steam yet again... (more)
Are they coming, or are they going?
No. 2317 pans the Steamtown Mall.
SOO 2719 shoves back to the Depot in downtown Duluth to drop off passengers who spent the day riding to Two Harbors and back along the shores of Lake Superior ans the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
As NMSE's power moved around the yard, I took the opportunity to shoot one of the latest arrivals on Pam Am property, SD40-2 MEC 616. It's seen here passing the last steam locomotive to operate o... (more)
I recently came across several old family photos of a Soo Line wreck that occurred back on September 6, 1922. It appears that Soo Line #2701 ran right into the rear of Soo #2115, totaling it and t... (more)
Here you see CP 2317 and CN 3254 in their accustomed stalls (18 and 19) in the Steamtown roundhouse the centerpiece of this National Historic Site. Quick; name another roundhouse with with more th... (more)
For the first time since 1968, QR operated a Suburban Steam Service from Ipswich to Shorncliffe (and return) for the purpose of driver training. When steam ruled the rails in Queensland, this was ... (more)
With not even so much as an inch to spare, the crew confirms #425 is centered on the old CNJ turntable and prepares her for a spin using a CAT front end loader and chain.
The North Jersey Chapter NRHS sponsored a steam special to Bay Head Junction with the last operating Camelback, #774, on Sunday, July 11, 1954. John took photos of the trip and they have all bee... (more)
Having been granted an extension to its maniline certificate LMS 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland, makes a welcome return to railtour duty. Now painted in LMS Black Livery it is seen passing Toton Trac... (more)
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In a location that was originally developed by the CNJ, Reading colors and style now dominate. Here, Reading & Northern SD50 5049 waits for a excursion led by 4-6-2 425 to clear the tower before i... (more)
CPR 2317, decked out with a holiday wreath, gets a dusting on the last day of Steamtown's season. I learned that day the good news that a few of 2317's "days" were saved so that the locomotive wou... (more)
Canadian Pacific spent what could be her last operating day shuffling a single coach through the Steamtown yard in the snow, seen here passing the bridge connecting the museum to the mall and a co... (more)
Train is giving rides in yard.
CP 1227 gets watered at Westmount. Note the firebox poker lying on the ground. G5 #1227 was one of the last steam engines working in Canada, toiling late in the 1950s.
CP power waits at Westmount.
No. 425 is getting steam up for the passenger excursion from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe, PA. The weather was cloudy and wet but 425 looked great wrapped in a steam blanket.
G3h Pacific 2459 is hot and ready to go at The Glen. The two enginemen look as though they're going to a costume party but that's the way they used to dress. One of them even has a long-spout oil ... (more)
G3g Pacific 2412 and G3h 2426 have been turned and will be serviced for the afternoon suburban rush. The obvious difference between these mostly similar locomotives are the two different feedwater... (more)
Looks a little like a busy Passenger Station once again, with GN 400 on the left on track 4, the GN Diner on track 3, SOO 2500 on track 2, SOO 700 on track 1, DM&IR 316 on storage, and SOO 2719 co... (more)
Canadian Pacific #2317 shows off her profile on Steamtown's turntable. The drivers for this Pacific class locomotive are impressive at 6'3" high. Currently, the engine is limited to yard shuttle... (more)
Montreal-built passenger power... Passenger locomotives from Canada's two largest railroads, both built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, are represented in this photo. Canadian Pacific 4-6... (more)
CP #2317 takes the spot light during Railfest 2009 at Steamtown.
Fans line up to shoot Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2317 as it picks up the Scranton Limited yard shuttle, while Canadian National 2-8-2 3254 takes a spin on the turntable in the background. Also ... (more)
Being turned to give rides in yard as the Scranton Limited at Lackawanna Railfest 2009.
2317 leaves a stream of black smoke as she passes a parked freight with a caboose on the end.
Canadian Pacific power through the years. Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-2 2317, one of almost 500 Pacific-type locomotives employed by the CP on freights as well as passenger trains in the '... (more)
The Rambler makes quite the racket leaving Pittston Yard trying to get a running start at the grade. The stack talk was reverberating off the neighboring houses and throughout the surrounding val... (more)
BR 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'.
Pacific #830 was from the CNJ long distance passenger fleet, Baldwin, class of '23, and not long for the world under the new Garden State Parkway.
One from the Archives - Rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific 34048 leaves Westbury with a freight for Salisbury, 5/63.
It's not too often you see a Pennsy caboose, a Jersey Central F3, and a big blue Pacific side by side, but the scene seems rather fitting based on Jim Thorpe's colorful history as a town where man... (more)
It's not often you see... a steam engine used to move diesels around a yard. After returning from Pittston, SW-8M 803 and SD38 2000 were sitting on 425's usual center track at the engine ho... (more)
Overhang! The RBMN steam crew looks on to make sure 425 successfully completes her spin on the turntable keeping "Safety First" as the tender flanks say. They managed to fit the 4-6-2 and both of ... (more)
The fleet is ready to depart. Lurking behind 5417 is a K4 celebrity-to-be, PRR #1361 in regular service.
A brute from the Reading simmers in Atlantic City.
K4sa 612 sits on the siding awaiting the GG1 with train from New York. This was the first steam movement on the line since the morning commuter rush. The K4sa had larger piston valves than a K4s a... (more)
K4sa 612 lifts a long commuter train out of South Amboy putting the two-unit diesel trains from earlier in the day to shame.
3807 gets water in the layover yard. PRR Class K4s.
The way it used to look at Bay Head Jct. PRR Class K4s.
CNR J-7-b 5293 runs light from Turcot yard on the cloudy morning of November 10.
CNR J-7-a 4-6-2 5251 sits in a rare bit of sunlight that day at Turcot engine terminal. The engine is facing west.
At the end of a long day, BB18¼ 1079 The Bety is turned on the turntable at Mary Valley Heritage Railway before being placed in the Shed overnight. Over the next four months, the Q150 Steam Trai... (more)
After a decent 175km (110mi) run up the North Coast Line from Brisbane to Gympie, BB18¼ 1079 The Bety is re-coaled before being turned and placed in the Shed at the Mary Valley Heritage Railway. ... (more)
Several K4 locomotives were sitting idle around South Amboy with diesels handling trains during the day. K4s 3752 sits in front of K4sa 612. The only consecutively numbered K4 locomotives among th... (more)
This was the first time that I had seen K4sa 612 and it arrived at the engine terminal while I was there. The fire is being cleaned while 3807 & 5348 sit in the background.
In the yard at KYRM.
There were seven K4s locomotives in steam that day at South Amboy.
On one of her last days before inspection, 2317 moves forward to prepare for the upcoming night photo session as part of the NRHS Convention of 2010. It was a treat seeing the nose of CP 2929, as... (more)
