Steamlocomotive Eb 3/5 9 (2-6-2 T) of Dampf-Loki-Club Herisau (DLC) with a birthday party train is crossing the 282 meter long Weissenbach viaduct from 1910. The colorful twoaxle cars are called O... (more)

DETROIT MARINE TERMINALS Westinghouse Visibility Cab #9 built in 1937 cn A062. This unit later went to Morris Nover Iron in Saginaw MI. Fom my slide collection photo by R VARTABEDIAN.

Rising from the shop floor, literally. Surrounded by nearly every restored or rebuilt piece of WW&F No 9, CMO Jason Lamontagne works on reassembly of the Forney's frame rails. This complete "frame... (more)

WW&F Ry CMO Jason Lamontagne fashions the rear smokebox ring for WW&F No 9. The front and rear rings will be hot-riveted to the smokebox, then riveted onto the boiler itself. No. 9's new boiler wa... (more)

One Steel Grinding Systems LLC #9 is a post-war General Electric 65-ton diesel. To see another of their engines, click here.

Grady Smith cleans out stay bolt tell-tale holes with a 3/16 inch twist drill bit. By regulation, tell-tales on the outer ends of rigid stay bolts must be free of obstructions, so that steam and w... (more)

The Last Prince of Washington: Just last year, eight of the Mount Washington Cog Railway’s 0-2-2-0s roamed up and down the face of the east’s tallest peak in northern New Hampshire. But today,... (more)

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Vale of Rheidol Railway. The 12-mile railway was originally constructed in 1902 to connect the lead mines to the sea. Since the 1930s, howe... (more)

The powerfull 2-6-2 tank engine Eb 3/5 9 was built by J.A. Maffei/München/Germany in 1910 for the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT). After electrification of the BT, she ran for the SBB from 1932 to ... (more)

Steamtrain at the Station 'Furka' (2160 meters over sealevel)

It is not uncommon for the summit of Mt. Washington to be in the clouds even when the base is in sun. This rainy humid June day finds the clouds at the base. Undaunted, #9 starts its ascent the ... (more)

David Blackman of Boothbay Railway Village drives a hot rivet into the door ring of WW&F Ry No 9's new boiler. Meanwhile, out of view inside the firebox, BRV's Jason Lamontagne holds a buck again... (more)

"Closing Time, One Last Call For Steam:" The clock is ticking on the western slopes of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Within weeks the sounds of steam will occur only once a da... (more)

Changing of the Guard: After 140 years the guard has changed on Mt. Washington. Starting this summer steam will be only used on one trip a day up the mountain, while John Deere Built locomotives s... (more)