Back 'er up! With the cylinder cocks open and the valve gear set in reverse, the crew of EBT Locomotive #16 takes their newly restored Baldwin Mikado backward toward the south yard in littl... (more)
Two Valley Railroad "North Pole Express" trains get ready for departure from Essex, CT 12/17/2022.
In times past, heritage steam railroads in the USA closed up shop at the end of Oct... (more)
Maneuvering at the station after filling with water before positioning at the head of Santa Claus train for Tours
Soo LIne #1003 2-8-2 steam locomotive was showcased to the Metra's employees during their 2022 employee open house held at the Western Ave. shop.
A "new" locomotive for the Virginia & Truckee. Sitting on a siding just south of the old freight shed building in Gold Hill, NV is the latest steam locomotive acquisition of the rebuilt Vir... (more)
K-36 Class 480 and K-28 Class 473 exchange duties at Silverton Wye after running North from Durango with train 463. Engine 473 will take the train home, while 480 will run light engine back down t... (more)
"The Last One (?) Durango and Silverton's lone remaining operable coal burner takes on some more of the fuel on what quickly became a frigid February night. As of 2022, t... (more)
Goodnight, Durango
As part of the East Broad Top Railroad's 2022 Winter Spectacular, a night photo session was offered and a cold EBT #12 aka "Millie" was the star of the shoot. Here the locomotive and cre... (more)
Sand Tower Social The night crew chats while 2-8-2 #12, the eldest and smallest of the railroads 6 Mikados, simmers by the sand tower on the roundhouse lead. Reality chec... (more)
This photo was taken on October 16 2021 at 7:12 AM. The EBT Roundhouse, built in 1882, is on the left with the Paint Shop on the right. Already men are in stall 8, working on No. 16. As a shop wo... (more)
Rio Grande Southern Power: RGS #455. With Cumbres & Toltec Fireman Austin Goodwin handling the spout, RGS K-27 Locomotive #455 (D&RGW #463 re-lettered as 455) takes on water prior to a 2021... (more)
Conductor Al Bloudnt and Santa Clause at the Colorado Railroad Museum
Rocky Mountain Stalwarts- Now at rest after a comparatively easy day of hauling museum guests, four narrow gauge workhorses are seen in the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Des... (more)
The power behind the plow. White Pass Rotary #1 is indeed a mighty machine, but she goes nowhere without at least a couple of locomotives to push her along. Leading the power on the 2011 ... (more)
Class Portrait Lined up in the Williams Coach Yard, we find a working example of every class of locomotive power on today's Grand Canyon Railway (with the exception of its ex-A... (more)
A recreation of the past provides a glimpse of the future. In October 2020, Lerro Photography hosted a photography event at the East Broad Top Railroad. In this staged scene, reenactors depict r... (more)
Southern 4501 departs Grand Junction with TVRM 100, the "Missionary Ridge Local." Off to the side is SOU 5000 waiting for its call to the dinner train later that evening.
C&TS #487 arrives at Chama, NM with the daily passenger train from Antonito, CO on a perfect October afternoon in 2004.
A group of railfans watch as SOO Line 2-8-2 #1003 blows off steam before entering the shop at the Wisconsin Automotive Museum. Photo taken with permission.
Ablaze in Golde Light Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 2-8-2 489 is taking water at the north tank in Chama on a brisk, chilly September morning ablaze in Aspen gold light jus... (more)
Riders aboard the Missionary Ridge Local observe the turntable demonstration in their socially-distanced parties. After the turntable demonstration, the passengers will reboard the train. The shop... (more)
Mask Up! The COVID-19 pandemic means enhanced sanitation measures onboard every run of the Durango & Silverton, which features mostly-open air cars capped at 50% capacity and a mask requirement fo... (more)
East Broad Top 17 sits in the silent yard at Orbisonia, silhouetted by yard lights. A sign for the yard crossing can be seen in the background, appropriately lit by the lone yard light.
East Broad Top 12 rests on the Turntable at Orbisonia Yard
Silhouetted by some by the dark of a mountain evening and some yard lights, East Broad Top 12 rests on the turntable at the yard in Orbisonia, accompanied by a lone car in the shadows.
East Broad Top Locomotives 12 Sits on the turntable at the yard in Orbisonia. A lone worker accomplishes a feat of strength by self propelling the turntable singlehandedly.
East Broad Top Locomotives 12 and 15 sit at Orbisonia Station as part of a night photoshoot at the railroad. While the locomotives aren't under steam, smoke bombs create what will hopefully be rea... (more)
EBT 17 sits in the yard at Orbisonia during a photo shoot for the railroad.
The East Broad Top lives! Even if only by some bombs, for an evening photoshoot, the locomotives of the East Broad Top Railroad come to life with a promise of being under their own power in the ne... (more)
Southern Railway superstar 4501 greets the morning sun and passengers for the day's "Summerville Steam Special" doubleheader. 4501s accompanying power, Southern 630, is currently ferryin... (more)
While it was bitter cold at minus 10 degrees, the sun was brilliant and the smoke plume magnificent. It was also the day I gained control of the camera and the pictures of that day led to me becom... (more)
C&TS #484 passes the double spout water tank in the Chama yard as it approaches the yard throat. The morning train to Antonito Colorado is on its way. Next stop for passengers - Osier, Colorado.
TVRM's Southern steamers sit face to face in as 4501 is readied for its trek to Georgia the following day. 630 was sidelined due to a broken leaf spring that was fixed within a day by the remarkab... (more)
Basking in the spotlight at the Durango and Silverton’s Annual Photographers Special, K-37 493 makes her public debut as a D&SNG Locomotive. This is the locomotive’s first week... (more)
The Harbinger Has Arrived The Future is now as the first of Durango and Silverton’s Oil Fired Steam Locomotives, 493 is shown at the Durango Roundhouse, next to it K-28 473 i... (more)
While exploring the Oregon Coast on vacation, we stumbled upon the small town of Garibaldi. We had made a "wrong turn" into town and moments later stumbled upon the crew at the Oregon Co... (more)
Picking up orders. A hot-shot freight, headed up by Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30, sails past depot in Maydelle, TX on its eastbound run as the crew picks up orders on the fly. This is probabl... (more)
Tanking at Palestine. Tremont & Gulf #30 has her photo freight in tow as she pulls up to the very unique-looking water tower in the yard at Palestine, TX. In this case, it's all for show, ... (more)
Maydelle after dark. Our 2019 Lerro Productions Charter at the Texas State Railroad started with some daylight runbys at the Maydelle Depot, simulating a freight picking up orders on the fl... (more)
Running the Palestine Wye. After arriving back in Palestine from her trip to Rusk, Tremont & Gulf #30 takes her photo freight onto the wye to be turned for the following day's operations. ... (more)
The men and their machines....or.....The boys and their toys. The crew of our Texas State Railroad photo freight poses on the pilot of Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30 in the yard at Rusk, the eas... (more)
Water at Palestine. With the springtime sun sinking low into the afternoon sky, Tremont & Gulf #30 eases up to the Palestine Water Tank for a welcome drink, after her 25 mile westbound run.... (more)
On the platform at Rusk. Tremont & Gulf #30 sits on the platform at the beautiful depot in Rusk, Texas with her photo freight, awaiting clearance for a westbound departure to Palestine. R... (more)
Under cold and snowy skies the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2) enters the turntable. Notice the pair of 'Galloping Geese' in front of the roundhouse. If you lov... (more)
The hole in the roundhouse is #17, brought out on to the turntable for the first time since 2011, as seen on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the East Broad Top in Orbisonia, PA.
After servicing the engine, Engineer Travis Gordon eases L&N 1593 onto the turntable at East Chattanooga to turn the engine & couple it to the other end of the Missionary Ridge Local.
Durango & Silverton Railroad #473 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive is prepped for the next day of duty in the D&S Durango Yard during a photographer's night photography shoot.
In support of the 2019 L&N Historical Society convention being held in Chattanooga, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum made some cosmetic changes to Southern 4501 to give it an Old-Reliable appearan... (more)
L&N J-3 #1593 meets Southern 630 at East Chattanooga. In support of the 2019 L&N Historical Society convention being held in Chattanooga, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum made some cosmetic chan... (more)
Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 481 passes the Yard-Limit sign at the southern end of Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, departing 45-minutes pri... (more)
Durango & Silverton K-36 No. 482 passes through the famed cut at Rockwood as it returns to Durango from Silverton. This is the first of two daily trains, the second would subsequently follow 45-mi... (more)
JS 8358 shunts the Nanzhan yard and a track worker inspects the track gauge.
Illuminated by the locomotives lights, this workers gets his locomotive ready as the sun starts to paint the sky at Dongbolizhan Station.
No ones around to shut the water off as it pours over the side of a full tender. Every morning at Dongbolizhan Station, new crews would inspect, clean, oil their locomotives before backing them up... (more)
A flagman stands on the back of the coal hopper to signal the headend as they shunt cars at the Nanzhan coal transfer yard. Trucks come and go to the right. Each one appears to be sorted by hand. ... (more)
Shoveling of some coal at Dongbolizhan Station for the stoves in the maintenance crew buildings along the yard tracks.
Every morning, the fresh crews take their trains down to the mine to first get their tenders loaded with coal. This tender was being loaded by a front end loaded as the fireman spray it with water... (more)
This worker looks on with kind eyes. The work never ends in maintaining these giants. Taken at Dongbolizhan Station.
A worker climbs onto the top of his locomotive, tools in hand.
Tools sit at the ready in the Jichangzhan Workshop. Breaktime clears the shop out of any workers and the building falls silent.
Dwarf style signal stands guard over the Nanzhan coal sorting yard.
The fireman enjoys his breakfast dumpling that he just finished cooking on top of the boiler.
The rear signal car worker leans out as one of the side dump cars dumps out its load of coal at Xuanmeichang Washery.
An industrial backdrop made up of buildings for the deep mines at Beiquan Erjing.
One of the remaining coal heated stove cars once used to transport workers down to the open cast mine from Dongbolizhan Station now sits on the deadline amongst tons of scrap at Jichangzhan.
Workers repair a broken hose between the locomotive and tender during the Chinese New Year. Much of the country is off from work but the railroad never sleeps. A worker pounds the hose on with a v... (more)
Early dawn is very still at Dongbolizhan Station.
Everything freezes in the sub zero temps as workers work all morning to get everything thawed out using large flames.
Overlooking the open cast coal mine Xikeng. Blue loader stands tall.
Freshly repaired from Jichangzhan Workshop.
Steam fills the air creating dynamic ever changing atmosphere to photograph in.
This relic sits in the Jichangzhan scrap yard as its sibling still pounds the rails.
Two locomotives are being worked on in the Jichangzhan Workshop. Water from the tender has frozen into a solid column under the train into the inspection pit.
A worker watches for the tender to overflow with water as his sign to shut the water off.
Checking the track gauge in his Star Wars outfit. This is the coal transfer yard at Nanquan.
99% of the time there were no other tourists but a couple of mornings there were busses filled with mainly Japanese tourists at the morning crew change at the station but they soon disappeared. No... (more)
The fireman looks ahead as JS class locomotive 8358 is shunting in the Nanzhan coal sorting yard. The cement plant towers in the background.
Filling the tender for the start of the day at Dongbolizhan Station.
The air operated side tipping coal hoppers can dump their load to either side which will fall down through the grates for the shovels to drag out. The coal will then be sorted and loaded into truc... (more)
A worker sticks his head out of JS steam locomotive 8173 as it is almost ready to be moved out of the workshop at Jichangzhan.
A steam shop worker uses a torch to heat and repair a cylinder bore. With only a handful of locomotives still in operation and the scrap yard being used up, they keep what they can running working... (more)
Every morning that was sub zero, ice would be an issue. The locomotives pipes and valve would come in frozen and needed to be thawed and drained before the next crew headed out on their shift. Eve... (more)
The old pit can be seen below the unused coal tower at Dongbolizhan Station. It isn't common to have a train in the yard during the day as they normally stay busy between the mine and coal transfe... (more)
"Now down by the station early in the mornin'..." As goes the lyrics to C.W. McCall's song "The Silverton", we see next to the Durango Station, the interior of the roundhous... (more)
Garibaldi after hours. With the day's operations and post-arrival servicing complete, Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad power sits parked outside the engine house, bedded down for the night. On... (more)
Yard moves. The early evening sun drops below a dark cloud deck as Polson Logging Company Mikado #2 drops her freight consist in the south Garibaldi Yard and heads to the engine shop for wa... (more)
Crossroads in monochrome. DRGW Mudhen #464 awaits its next call to duty at the Crossroads Village water tank alongside stablemate 10-wheeler US 152 on a cold evening in January.
#19 is ready to head for the depot at McEwen with a freight train shortly before sunrise on the first day of the Sumpter Valley Railroad's photographers weekend 14/10/17
