In the early 1970's the Tucuman shed of the metre gauge Belgrano Railway was a busy place for steam.

Ore train between Bingham Canyon Mine and concentrators at Garfield.

In 1970 when this picture was taken, this was probably the last major backshop in North America to overhaul steam engines on a regular basis. The former IRCA shops in Guatemala City were relativ... (more)

On a tour organized by David Rogers, 15F (SAR 3016) and 25NC (SAR 3472) doublehead a special train south from Bethlehem on what was once a secondary mainline to Bloemfontain, but now is a stub end... (more)

An independent SP will soon disappear. You have been waiting all afternoon for a final shot of Russell red and gray. The sun is getting low. Finally you hear a hard working westbound. And what... (more)

Rayonier 90 heads a log train southbound from a loading point near Quinault to the dump at Hoquiam. The specific location of this picture is lost in my fading memory, but this is probably near Nei... (more)

A DRGW train from Durango arrives past the stock pens at Chama. Or at least that what it looks like in this 1993 recreation by a Greg Scholl chartered freight. The scene is so convincing that wh... (more)

A White Pass train heads back to Skagway from Fraser.

The morning temps were below freezing as 4014 slowly headed west from Evanston enroute southern California.

A chartered mixed train with the D&S 478 in drag as its former self, the DRGW 478, traverses the Highline in nice afternoon light.

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

Following restoration for American Freedom Train service, SP4449 makes her early morning debut at BN's Hoyt Street roundhouse in Portland where the work was done. She had actually been out and abo... (more)

Hard to believe it is 2006, and in a country that will soon be part of the EU. Wood burning steam backing up diesels on a link and pin railway operated with only engine and hand brakes. The burea... (more)

An SP Eugene to Ogden train heads east at Sand Pass on the former WP. It has come south via Alturas on the Modoc Line and turned east at Flanigan onto the UP to run via track rights back to the S... (more)

Leaving Salta, Argentina for the climb to the Chilean border via Ramal C14, the northern "Transadino", and one of the great mountain railways. These Skoda 2-10-2's were my favorite Argenitine eng... (more)