Erlestoke Manor being prepared for service in the shed at Bridgnorth.
The 1130 Loughborough - Leicester North sees BR 73156 approaching Swithland Sidings during the Great Central Railways Autumn Steam Gala Event marking '50 Years Since The End Of British Railways S... (more)
Not sure if this engine was retired at the time, but it appears to be cold. PRR Class G5s.
Man and Steed.
#784 with tender sitting cold on the service track.
The running gear of #784 up close and personal.
A wide angle perspective of the #784.
Lots to see in this view from the turntable perspective of the property including the CNJ commuter train stored on the house track. Freighthouse and other RR structures in the distance create a ... (more)
I stumbled upon a cold but operable 4-6-0 1551 at Coshoctan in the days before OHCR stored their equipment at Morgan Run.
Nevada Northern Steam photo shoot 2008
Early days for the East Lancs Railway. Visiting from The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Standard 4 no. 75078 gets up steam amongst the clutter of Castlecroft Yard, in the days before Buckley W... (more)
Castle class 4-6-0 7029, Clun Castle, sits in late afternoon sunlight outside London. This locomotive has since been preservedand was operational in recent years.
A British Railways 5MT 4-6-0 comes off the main line into Willesden shed.
4MT built in 1954 and withdrawn during 1967. Restored for use on the NYMR and stabled with 5MT 45212 in the shed yard.
Class 30a nr. 271 turned on the turntable at Hoenefoss. (Hoenefoss translated direct: Chicken falls!
KCC 93 is switching the East Ely yard when NN40 arrives with a passenger train. All staged of course. Even though the 93 now normally wears NN lettering, it was actually a KCC engine and wore the... (more)
12 prepared for the day in the yard.
A Joel Jensen photo spectacular weekend on the NN.
Preparing for a return trip to Owenyo, #18's engineer oils around as his fireman opens the hatch on the oil bunker. Taken at the Slim Princess Reunion, this is the first tim... (more)
Framed by the center mast of the gallows turntable, the Slim Princess simmers quietly in the small yard at Laws. Taken at the Slim Princess Reunion, this is the first time that SP #18 has run on ... (more)
Resting between runs
Standing in the crisp California sunshine, the Slim Princess sits on the turntable lead in the tiny town of Laws, readying for the return trip to Owenyo. Taken at the Slim Princess Reunion, this ... (more)
The engineer of the Nevada Northern Railway #40 has just expertly spotted the tender under the water spout and the fireman is giving the 106-year-old Baldwin 4-6-0 locomotive a nice long drink in ... (more)
The Q2 Duplexes are reported to have been retired by '51 (wiki), but John was told that they died 6 months prior to his arrival in Crestline. Let the debate begin. Here are the largest non-artic... (more)
From the Dziobko collection, photographer unknown. This is a PRR display set up in Harrisburg, featuring T1 5548 a Duplex meaning a rigid frame.ck Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: Steam 4-4-4-4Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: PRR 5548Train ID: displayPhoto Date: July 15, 1949
From the Dziobko collection, photographer unknown. This is a PRR display set up in Harrisburg, featuring T1 5548. These greyhounds were built for fast passenger service, used primarily in lines ... (more)
Owner(s): Canadian Pacific Railway 2929 Whyte System Type: 4-4-4 Class: F-1-a Builder: Canadian Locomotive Company Date Built: March 1938 Builder's Number: 1943 Cylinders (diameter x st... (more)
CPR 2929 and CPR 1246 are on the turntable in Riverside Vermont during the Steamtown Railfan Weekend October 24, 1981. CPR 1246 is providing the steam for No. 2929 who has not run since the 1950's... (more)
On Turntable at Steamtown
The PRR 7002 pauses to prepare to switch from the old Northern Central onto the Frederick Branch to connect to the Western Maryland, on its way to overnight in Hanover for the next day's commemora... (more)
A rare Strasburg Rail Road offline move, as the Museum Commission's Pennsy Atlantic pulls a string of cars through York, PA. The occasion was the 125th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address comme... (more)
PRR doubleheaded steam (4-4-2 No. 7002 and 4-4-0 No. 1223) with Blue Mountain as a backdrop. The occasion was the Lancaster Chapter's 50th Anniversary NRHS Convention and a visit to Conrail's wel... (more)
The diminutive PRR 4-4-2, #460, waits under the coal chute at Atlantic City as John's friend Bill Rosenberg looks on. The friendly PRSL employe partially dden by the coal chute supports, allowed t... (more)
There's a hive of activity down at the bay-side suburb of Shorncliffe today as Steam Locomotive BB18¼ 1089 reverses her train into the gross over-grown dead end while SMU 228 waits for a departur... (more)
On the PRSL Engine No. 460 is at Atlantic City' NJ after a fantrip run from Newark, NJ. This is Johns 1000th photo for Railpictures.net. Many thanks to all for allowing him to share his images.... (more)
Dardanelle & Russellville #8. Standing guard by the entrance to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City is a locomotive that I've seen a number of times, but never had the opportuni... (more)
V&T Survivor: #12 "Genoa". Named for a small town in Western Nevada, V&T Locomotive #12 is another one of the V&T survivors that hasn't seen daylight in a long time. Sent to the ... (more)
Eureka and Palisade narrow gauge 4-4-0 no 4 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1875 Is on the US national Register of Historic Places.
Virginia & Truckee 2-4-0 No. 18 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and named Dayton
Virginia & Truckee 4-4-0 No12 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 named the Genoa was removed from its home in the California State Railroad Museum for the occasion.
Leaving quarters. With cylinder cocks open, the replica Lincoln Funeral Train at Stone Gables Estate prepares to leave its train shed at the west end of the line, on April 22, 2022, the 157... (more)
The stars take the stage. The early morning sun glints off the gilded tenders of Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook", as... (more)
Virginia & Truckee standard gauge 4-4-0 #22 "INYO" and narrow gauge 2-6-0 "GLENBROOK" bask in the morning sun outside the engine shed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Car... (more)
Bedded down under a blanket of stars. Five operational, narrow gauge steam locomotives, all of which were built before 1900, share the yard in Antonito, Colorado, at the start of the Cumbre... (more)
Constellation Merriam-Webster has one of the definitions of 'Constellation' to be: an assemblage, collection, or group of usually related persons, qualities, or things.... (more)
From Right to Left, Eureka and Palisade #4 (1875), Florence and Cripple Creek/Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20 (1899), D&RG/D&RGW 168, and Florence and Cripple Creek/D&RG 425 (aka, D&RGW 315)
Eureka after hours. With their locomotive steamed up and ready for the excursions in the days to follow, the crew of Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" puts together the passenger cons... (more)
Water at Wabuska. V&T #22 "Inyo" eases up to the water tank, just south of the Wabuska Depot at Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. The tank you see here is a working re... (more)
Sisters shine in the afternoon sun. Virginia & Truckee stablemates #22 "Inyo" (left) and #18 "Dayton" (right) pose in the afternoon light, adjacent to the turntable at t... (more)
Historic Hanover Junction. The Northern Central's Locomotive #17 "York" arrives at Hanover Junction with a passenger train that originated in her namesake city, about 20 miles to the north,... (more)
Pride of the Central Pacific. The Park Service replica of the Central Pacific Jupiter makes a smoky run-by on the east leg of the Promontory Wye, as she makes her way to the last spike site... (more)
Looking pretty good at age 40! A Park Service Engineer backs the Central Pacific "Jupiter" replica on the east leg of the Promontory Wye, as he positions her for a photo shoot wit... (more)
Out of the darkness....and into that beautiful Utah sunshine come the two Golden Spike Locomotives as they prepare for the second day of the 3-day "Spike 150" celebration at the G... (more)
History lives here. Central Pacific Locomotive #60 "Jupiter" is again back home in her stall in the engine shed at the Golden Spike National Historical Park after spending May 10t... (more)
Ready to rock Promontory Summit! With the morning preparations just about complete, the two "Golden Spike" engines have emerged from their quarters, pausing briefly in the yard to... (more)
Water at Smith's Creek. About every 4 trips around the Greenfield Village, the Weiser Railroad's locomotives will need water. Here we see Locomotive #1 "Edison" pausing with her... (more)
A working roundhouse. The Weiser Railroad at the Greenfield Village has 3 operable steam locomotives and this is their home. One of the newest structures in the village, this brick and ste... (more)
Tanking at Smith's Creek. About every 4th trip around the Greenfield Village, the park's shuttle train needs to stop for water. Just a couple of hundred feet west of the Smith's Creek Stat... (more)
While going through our father's estate, I came across this old photo of a steam locomotive in Tucson, Arizona. My father was in the USAF and was stationed at Tucson, so I know that is the locati... (more)
Coming back into New Freedom, York 17 passes by the Pennsy N8 and N5 on the right, and the small interchange yard with the Stewartstown Railroad on the left.
PRR 1223 in steam in the weeds behind the museum, switching onto the track to the turntable. The occasion is the 85th Anniversary of the Broadway Limited, and the 1223 is to be posed at Leaman Pl... (more)
Engineer John La Costa warms up the air pump on a hot, sultry July day.
Engineer John La Costa prepares the American type steam locomotive for a Wild Wild West day on the Wilmington and Western.
Fireman Jeff Dolhanczyk feeds the beast.
Two museum volunteers man the turntable and turn Virginia and Truckee No. 11 The Reno, 180 degrees into position for viewing. Built by Baldwin in1872 the engine is being restored to operational co... (more)
After turning Virginia and Truckee No. 11 The Reno, 180 degrees on the turntable the museum personal stop to admire the engine. Built by Baldwin in1872 the engine is being restored to operational ... (more)
Night in the Yard- The Marshallton Yardmaster chats with a delivery driver who has just made a delivery to the combine with his 1925 Chevy as #98 anxiously awaits the departure signal. Lighting b... (more)
Simmering in the yard, the pride and joy of the Wilmington & Western waits to depart with a crack express, while her crew chats with the conductors. Lighting by Barry, Barry, and Burkhart, Photog... (more)
While the fresh crew of #98 takes a breather before their run, a female hostling crew makes a couple of last minute preparations before departure. Lighting by Barry, Barry, and Burkhart, Photogra... (more)
Night in the yard- the yardmaster chats with a driver who's just made a delivery to the combine while the engine crew chats with the conductors before departure. Lighting by Barry, Barry, and Bur... (more)
The Leviathan takes a break from its trip around the North Carolina Transportation Museum to take on fuel and let off passengers at the roundhouse, as well as a few photo-ops with the reenactors.
two old beautys, the nicely restored McKeen Motor Car #22 at the NSRM yard. The porthole windows were a McKeen trademark and Virginia and Truckee #22 'Inyo' built 1875, one of the finest steameng... (more)
A sight to behold in North Creek, NY. North Creek locals, many of whom had never seen a live steam locomotive, take an opportunity to marvel at the sight of one of the prettiest ones in exi... (more)
The crew of #63 the "Leviathan" discusses their switching moves before putting their train together on the Northern Central Railroad. Thanks to Sean Hoyden for the use of his lighting equipment an... (more)
York Rail 17 Passes the Leviathon locomotive waiting it turn to run on the Northern Central Railroad
Anatomy of Leviathan: Authenticity vs. Practicality. David Kloke's beautiful Leviathan 63 sits on display in the North Creek Yard.
To date, the Kloke Locomotive Works has delivered two 1... (more)
Steam in the North Creek Yard. David Kloke's Central Pacific Leviathan replica holds the siding in front of the old Adirondack/Delware & Hudson Engine House and sand tower complex, as the f... (more)
Central Pacific's 4-4-0 Leviathan takes a spin on a rather unique turntable. Photo captured on 9-15-13 at North Creek.
A man and his machine. As his beautiful "baby" is slowly rotated on the North Creek Turntable, Leviathan 63 owner David Kloke pauses to take in the sight of the crowd that has assembled aro... (more)
The Gang's All Here: With the Saratoga & North Creek's Train No. 190 (led by the SNCR 8524 at left) departing at 3:45 PM and the Leviathan Special departing at 4:00 PM, there was a brief opportuni... (more)
Destination: Greenbank. Fireman Steve Jensen Jr. leans out of the cab for a clearer view of the yard entrance ahead, as the Wilmington & Western 4-4-0 #98 withdraws its passenger consist fr... (more)
Locomotive 98 performs sprints in the yard to get the locomotive ready for its evening run.
Locomotives 98 and 58 burst to life in Marshallton Yard to help get some drafts through the fires.
July 4th 2011, Virginia and Truckee #22 'Inyo' built 1875, one of the finest steam engines in the USA
Silverton Departure. Conductor George Swift is silhouetted against a cloud of steam as he watches his Durango-bound passenger extra switch onto the main line at Silverton Depot. The power... (more)
Proud Nevada Native. She may have been "born" in Pennsylvania, and she might be visiting Colorado, but whenever she travels, her owner leaves no doubt as to where home is. Whenever Eureka ... (more)
The last of the breed. Our American way of life was built by these machines. They were the first creations of the hands of man that could move at will under their own power. They helped... (more)
Time to saddle up. The fire has been cleaned and a fresh layer of coal now glows cherry red in the firebox. The boiler pressure reads 185 psi and all of the grease fittings and oil cups ha... (more)
About time the steamer got some lights. Too bad its only temporary. And the Doodlebug in there just sets it off.
