Hoping to catch the BB in action in the original 18 mile line from Dillwyn to Bremo Bluff, we arrived only to find two immaculate Geeps parked with the next day's train but no work to do. BB 1 is ... (more)

GTW country? Hardly. It's not often that the 'Coastal uses 3 units east of Wilson, and it's even rarer that they will match - if you can call these old bandits matching. So when the westbound Wils... (more)

Tractors and steam trains! Looks like a threshers reunion to me! ...the always fun Southeast Old Threshers Reunion in Denton NC.

As the sign proclaims, Spruce Pine indeed seems to be the "mineral city." "Gem mines" are open everywhere during the tourist season, and coal trains roar through constantly.

With the falls of the James River created by the Cushaw Hydroelectric plant in the foreground, this loaded coal train goes east across the valley. Just visible behind the RR bridge is the Appalach... (more)

With the cab and boiler in the background, the wheels of former Middle Fork Heisler 7 wait for another chance to turn under steam in a classic shortline shop scene.

With the motto, "have engine will travel," the father and son Gramling team have brought steam to thousands over the past decade. For the next month, their LVC 0-6-0 will be residing at ... (more)

A bit of an overhead detail shot of 1928 Pacific Coast #2.

The scenic Cheat River gorge creates a beautiful setting for this Mountain State RR & Logging Hist. Assoc. excursion.

In a scene befitting a downhome Southern shortline, everything leans one way or the other...the train, phone poles, buildings, everything.

The twins head back to Bonsal in the afternoon. Though built 11 years apart, these 40 ton Vulcan saddle tanks have nearly identical specs: 38 inch drivers, 14x22 inch cylinders, and 18,000 lbs. o... (more)

Almost at the end of their day, the YV02 crew passes the 1880 depot (now home to a small museum) a few miles from their destination of the NS Winston-Salem yard. Rural hall was once a junction bet... (more)

Waters of the Pamlico River lap against the shore, sea gulls screech in the air, the smell of loaded wood chip hoppers is carried along by the breeze, and the old trestle across the river groans i... (more)