Night moves. The crew of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 stops to confer with their colleagues on SP Locomotive #9, as their two freights pass each other in the yard at Laws, California. <... (more)
A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (more)
A busy afternoon in Laws. The little Southern Pacific Yard in Laws, California suddenly gets a bit busy with Locomotive #18 in the background freshly fueled and watered and ready to take th... (more)
Perfect alignment. A Southern Pacific Brakeman muscles the bridge of the gallows-style, "Armstrong" turntable into perfect alignment as his crew prepares to turn Locomotive #18 in... (more)
The "Slim Princess" steps onto the table. Watching the track interface carefully, the fireman on Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 carefully marshals his locomotive onto the gallows... (more)
Heading out into the Owens Valley. A Southern Pacific Conductor watches from the back platform of Combine/Caboose 401 as his short mixed train leaves the south yard in Laws, California, hea... (more)
Maintenance in the way. A track crew working in the Southern Pacific's yard at Laws, California, makes a mad dash for the track car set-out, as the impatient crew of a scheduled southbound ... (more)
Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)
Moving museum pieces. With the exception of the museum's Brill Motor Car, all of the other pieces of railroad equipment at California's Laws Museum are normally static displays. Many of t... (more)
A 6-car freight heads for Keeler. With a full head of steam, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin Locomotive #18 takes a 6-car freight past the water and fuel tanks in the yard at Laws, Californi... (more)
Grade crossings: 1930s style. Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 takes her southbound narrow gauge freight through a grade crossing just a hundred yards or so south of the depot in Laws, Calif... (more)
Yard moves. The early morning servicing of the Southern Pacific Railroad's narrow gauge Locomotive #10 continues in the yard at Laws, California as she pulls away from the water and oil tan... (more)
Fuel and Water for the trip to Keeler. In the early morning chill of the Owens Valley, the crew of Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 has taken on fuel oil and is preparing to top off the wate... (more)
At the Roundhouse
The "Slim Princess" visits Nevada. Visiting from the Carson & Colorado Railway in Independence, CA, for the "Great Western Steam-Up", here's Southern Pacific's, narrow g... (more)
Quite a line-up, indeed! Each day at the July, 2022 "Great Western Steam-Up" at the Nevada State Railroad Museum seemed to feature a new and interesting line-up of locomotives. With 15 ste... (more)
Heading for the loop. With Nevada State Railroad Museum Pilot Barry Simcoe clearing from the gangway, Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 comes off the gallows-style turntable, backing northbou... (more)
Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming narrow gauge 4-6-0 No 1 the Glenbrook pulls train rides around the Nevada State Railroad Museum during the Great Steam Up.
Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 No 25, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905.
The Great Western Steam Up. From left to right: Baldwin class of 1875 "Glenbrook", Baldwin class of 1875 "J.W. Bowker", Baldwin class of 1911, S.P. #18, Baldwin class of 1905, V&T #25, Heisler cla... (more)
GWR 5900 'Hinderton Hall' stands outside Didcot Shed in the company of GWR 5051 'Drysllwyn Castle' enjoying the warm summer sunshine.
Timeless Perfection: GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle'
RGS 20, DRG 168, C&TS 487 and DRG 425 at the Antonito Yard for a Lerro Productions night photoshoot
Arriving at Matterhorn. A Rio Grande Southern freight extra has just arrived in the tiny hamlet of Matternhorn (MP 46.71), CO, and will pause here to perform some engine service before taki... (more)
The Meet at No Agua During the Triple Steam Up Weekend at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20 overtakes Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #346 at the No... (more)
Misnomer - A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied. There's one somewhere in this photo, see if you can find it. This weekend at the Colorado ... (more)
GWR 5972 'Hogwarts Castle' simmers outside Toddington Shed.
GWR 2999 'Lady of Legend' simmers outside Didcot Shed.
Locomotives 40 & 93 steam out of the engine house on a cold February morning in preparation for a full day of train service.
GWR 6023 'King Edward ll'.
GWR 6023 'King Edward II'.
GWR 5051 'Drysllwyn Castle' at Didcot.
It's Sunday morning on the 2nd of August and the crew is preparing RGS #20 for the day's excursions during the celebration of #20's return to service at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The conducto... (more)
From the 2020 Nevada Northern Winter shoot - Nevada Northern #40 posing by the restored "wig-wag" crossing signal, with the NN's newly restored 1956 Pontiac "hy-rail" car. We started shooting at ... (more)
Nevada Northern number 40 and 93 are pulling forward to start loading the passengers. Saturday October 17 was number 40's big celebration, for it's send off. As It goes down for it boiler inspect... (more)
Newly built GWR 'Saint' 2999 'Lady of Legend' on shed at the Didcot Railway Centre in the company of GWR 5322.
On shed at Didcot Railway Centre newly built GWR 'Saint' 2999 'Lady of Legend' and GWR 7808 'Cookham Manor'. Completed in 2019 'Lady of Legend' was 45 years in the making at a cost of £850k. For ... (more)
Old workmates back together... Goose #7 sits proudly next to Rio Grande Southern #20 and its even prouder crew. From a Trains Magazine photo shoot at the Colorado RR Museum celebrating the ... (more)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰. Nevada Northern #40 is the undisputed star of... (more)
GWR 5051 'Earl Bathurst' on static display during the Glos Warks Railways GWR 175 Weekend.
Basking in the warm late Spring sun, ACL 1031 and SAL 544 appear to stand waiting for that next call that will likely never come. On quiet days like this, when the shops are still and visitors are... (more)
Baldwin sisters....30 years apart. Of the 9 surviving locomotives from the original Virginia & Truckee Railway, only two are still operable and both are seen here, side-by-side on the wye i... (more)
NN #40 moves a mixed train past the distinctive coal and water towers in the East Ely yard. From the 2020 Nevada Northern winter photography weekend.
Feed us! NN #40 and KCC #93 position at the Nevada Northern's historic coaling tower. While not currently operable, the pose is still classic. From the second Nevada Northern... (more)
It's late afternoon in the East Ely yard and activity is picking up, as NN #40 brings in a mixed train from Cobre, while Alcos RS-3 #109 and RS-2 #105 get ready to depart with a string of empty or... (more)
Nevada Northern Railway engine 40 looks upon her engine house, and one of the railroads RS-3 also units, as she prepares for the days photo related activities. during one of the railroads Photogra... (more)
Born to be King. GWR 6023 'King Edward II' on shed at Didcot.
Running as an extra, Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18 passes the Yard-Limit sign at the Northern end of Durango as it makes its first ever run to Silverton. This locomotive is owned by the Carson & C... (more)
While I poked around the yard during a visit to Ely for a Nevada Northern Railway Museum winter photo shoot they had their Baldwin ten wheeler out near the water tower moving through the yard trac... (more)
Lights, Camera, Action - STEAM! One of the co-stars of the latest AT&T commercial is none other than the 119 year old movie star herself, Locomotive # 40 of the Nevada Northern Railway. She takes ... (more)
GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' on the turntable at the Didcot Railway Centre.
Crossroads after dark. US 152 and stablemate DRGW 464 pour out clouds of steam in the cold night air as they sit adjacent the water tank at Crossroads Village Station.
Nevada Northern Railway locomotive # 40 has her ash pan cleaned after a hard days work as a prop for a TV commercial. Steve Crise Photo © 2019 (file # SJC_NNRY_0280418)
The Atlantic Coast Line 1031 a 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler sits inside the old Spencer Shops roundhouse watching the sunset outside the window as it awaits for more crowds of onlookers at the NCTM.
Ready to rock the Mott Lake area. With the steam pressure almost ready to lift the pops and all of her appliances up and running, US 152, the little Alaskan 10-wheeler begins to move in the... (more)
The bare-bones frame of the Steam Railroading Institute's next project sits outside in the yard at Owosso. Inside the shop is the boiler. The 1908 Alco Class R served in regular service for 49 yea... (more)
An early Morning line up of historical steam engines at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City for the Great Western Steam Up on this 4Th of July weekend.
Full moon on an early summer night in Nora, Sweden. SJ #1267, a 4-6-0 B Class steam locomotive for mixed traffic, is seen near the loco shed from 1891. This locomotive was built by AB Motala Verks... (more)
Nevada Northern #40 has her ashes dumped at the end of another day of trips.
Nevada Northern 40 takes on water before continuing the afternoon's photo charter.
Nevada Northern Railway’s two classic steam engines, # 40 and # 93, pose with conductor Con on the foot boards during the second weekend of the 2018 Winter Photo Shoot events. Locomotive # 93 is... (more)
A touch of black and white takes us back to the early 1900's as a pair of crew members discuss the next switch moves in front of Nevada Northern locomotives No. 40 and No. 93. Thanks to Steve Cris... (more)
Some Things Change, Others Stay The Same. As a brief snowfall finds itself over the Nevada Northern Railway's Ely yard...a timeless scene unfolds. With a long day of operations ahead of it,... (more)
With a full day's worth of operating ahead of it, Nevada Northern No. 40 exits the engine house at Ely as No. 93 waits for her call to come out later in the day.
Following a morning of shooting Nevada Northern No. 40 on the point of a mixed train, the 108-year-old locomotive is given a rest and hands off the duty of entertaining this weekend's photographer... (more)
Nevada Northern Railway’s two classic steam engines, # 40 and # 93, pose with conductor Bill on the first weekend of the 2018 Winter Photo Shoot events. Locomotive # 93 is fresh from the NNRY sh... (more)
It's a suspiciously warm evening in Ely Nevada as engines 40 and 93 pose for the first weekend of the Winter Steam Spectacular's night photo session.
Nevada Northern No. 40's fireman, Con Trumbull, has stepped down from the cab of his 108-year-old locomotive to check on things from the ground as Hollywood-type strobes flash to illuminate the sc... (more)
This photo is posted with respect to Trains Magazine editor Jim Wrinn and his family. I had just met Jim once at the "farewell 40" photoshoot he sponsored with the Nevada Northern RR i... (more)
A Mid-Continent triple header in the summer of '74 featured WCC 4-6-0 #1 up front and included the WOV #1 logger loco and CNW 1385 in the consist. Both WCC 1 and CNW 1385 are getting rebuilds, the... (more)
Under the careful eye of hostler Chris Nally, the pride and joy of the Nevada Northern Railway eases out of the East Ely Engine House. After a few reversing moves, Baldwin #40 will back down onto ... (more)
After dumping the ash pan east of the coaling tower, Nevada Northern #40 drifts through the yard behind the RIP building on its way to the engine house.
V&T #25 on the table. V&T 10-wheeler #25 positions herself on the Nevada State Railroad Museum's "Armstrong Turntable", which will shortly be turned to put her on a lead that will... (more)
A gorgeous day in East Ely's yard. Thank you to the Nevada Northern Railway's team for a great Winter Photo Shoot!
It's 5.40 am in Ely's machine shop, Nevada Northern Railway steam engine 4-6-0 #40, built in 1910 by Baldwin, is ready for a day on the line. Thank you to the whole team for a great Winter Photo S... (more)
A timeless place, Ely's machine shop! Nevada Northern Railway steam engine 4-6-0 #40, built in 1910 by Baldwin, is finding refuge in the engine house during a snow storm. Lennox Purinton, the you... (more)
A black stallion out for a winter trot. On a cold February morning, the Nevada Northern Railway's high-stepping 10-wheeler #40 charges through the East Ely Yard with her cylinder cocks open... (more)
Colorado and Southern T-12 No. 168, built by Baldwin for the Denver and Rio Grande in 1883 awaits restoration in the Cumbres and Toltec shop in Antonito Co.
The mighty Sierra Nevada rise above the Owens Valley as Southern Pacific ten-wheeler #18 prepares for her first day of trips for the public at the Laws Railroad Museum.
Awaiting the start of her first day of trips for the public, SP 18 rests at the oil and water tanks at the Laws Railroad Museum. Everything you see in this photo, with the exception of the engine... (more)
In a cloud of steam, the Slim Princess backs away from the fuel and water tanks and heads to the depot to pick up its train. On this, its first day of public trips at the Laws Railroad Museum, SP... (more)
Working up the short grade past the original fuel tank and water tower inside the Laws yard limits, Southern Pacific No. 18 slows its two car train as it rolls out the final few-hundred feet befor... (more)
CP 1098 at Port Clinton. Here's a rear-quarter view of CP 1098, a Canadian Pacific 10-wheeler, which now sits in the RBMN Yard at Port Clinton, PA. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company... (more)
CP 1098 at Port Clinton. CP 1098, a Canadian Pacific 10-wheeler, now sits in the RBMN Yard at Port Clinton, PA. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1913 for the Canadian Pacific Ra... (more)
Nevada Northern #40 steams out of the engine house while #93 waits her turn in the adjacent stall.
