Huckleberry Dawn. The first rays of the cold January sunrise filter through the trees surrounding the Huckleberry Railroad shops as the steam crew brings Locomotives 464 and 152 up to opera... (more)
The last night shift crew arrives back into the yard after their twelve hour shift. The train won't sit long in the yard until the next crew heads down to the mine for coal. The locomotive on the ... (more)
The Essex Yard Shuffle. Valley Railroad Mikado #3025 hauls an 8-car train of heavyweights out of the Essex Yard in the late afternoon sun in what looks like the first North Pole Express of ... (more)
Sam. What can I say? In the world of preservation railroading, there are a few folks who just have "the look". Sumpter Valley Engineer Sam McCloskey is one of those guys. Pos... (more)
Blue hour in McEwen. As the blue hour fades to black, Sumpter Valley's two steam locomotives sit tied down at the McEwen Tank, all prepped and ready for an early morning departure to the we... (more)
Waking up tiny McEwen. With loud hiss from her cylinder cocks and a throaty bark from her stack, Sumpter Valley Railway #19 pulls away from the water tank in the tiny hamlet of McEwen, Ore... (more)
Steam and Sun at Sumpter Valley. A sunny, cold fall morning finds a Sumpter Valley Log Train pulling away from the McEwen Tank, leaving billowing clouds of steam in her wake. She's headed... (more)
A rather cold golden hour. The warm glow of the freshly risen sun does its best to mask the fact that it's a chilly 20 degrees F in beautiful (but remote) McEwen, Oregon. Which clear skie... (more)
Sunrise on the "Stump Dodger" With her conductor guarding the rear platform, a Sumpter Valley Freight backs to the McEwen Water Tank for servicing, just moments after sunrise. T... (more)
Service stop at La Jara
Heading West thru the Chama yard to turn on the wye.
A frosty morning in McEwen. The frost on the ties and the hefty steam plumes are tell-tale signs that it's one of those very chilly fall mornings in Oregon's Powder River Valley. A few min... (more)
Taking water from aa makeshift water tank.
Taking coal at the tipple in Chama June 1967.
A trio of steamers and their crews. Martin Hansen with the Skookum - Columbia River Belt Line Railway - #7, Scott Gordon and Jim Abney on the McCloud #25, and Ryan Dela and Sam Aldridge on Pol... (more)
Ready to leave Chama.
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad engine 2 rests next to the shops after a long days work
Cumbres & Toltec K-36 #489 brings the passenger train through the small yard at Chama,NM on its way to wye the train.
Easing through the snow covered yard at Cumbres Pass, a snowplow-less 488 rolls down the main track. The first snows of the season have already fallen with a few days left in the railroad's seaso... (more)
Baldwin 2-8-2 pulls in the Fall excursion special. It's a shame this fine operation ended in 2012.
Atacama desert abandoned steam roundhouse.
50 years before I took this shot Don Ball had a similar one that I greatly admired. I always wondered if I would ever have the chance.
I guess I just had to wait long enough.
Rio Grande 483 performs some switching in Chama the night before leading the 'final freight' up Cumbres Pass.
Inside the Workshops at Sandaoling Coal Railway a worker stands alone. What he's thinking we'll never know.
Rio Grande 484 and 483 at rest at the Chama yard water tank.
The start of another work day. The passenger train conductor heads over to #484 to confer with the engineer.
Under the Stars. Single frame taken around midnight under a near full moon with a Tamron 15-30mm. Originally shot for a timelapse viewable online
Veteran Cumbres and Toltec Railroader Ray Martinez calls helper locomotive 489 back to a joint with road locomotive 487 in preparation for the daily train's journey up Cumbres
Resting briefly in Chama Yard, K-36 #484 sits beside a D&RGW long reefer- a classic Rio Grande narrow gauge scene.
Cooling its heels while the student crew goes to beans, K-36 #484 stands at the precipice of the steep 4% grade down to Chama.
After cutting away from the eastbound passenger train, K-36 helper #488 takes a trip around the wye at Cumbres Pass to return light to Chama.
Slowly trotting back into the yard at Chama, K-36 #484 passes the wooden coaling tower with the Fireman School train.
JS 8190 storms past JS 8167 as the latter waits to enter the loading area for another load of coal.
JS 8190 steams out of the blue flood loader at the bottom of the opencast pit coal mine at Sandaoling.
JS 8080 switches a long train of coal cars at Nanzhan (South Station) railway yard. Despite looking like a locomotive destined for the scrapyard, JS 8080 is actually in great operational shape, wi... (more)
JS 8190 thunders past JS 8167 as it leads a loaded coal train out of the opencast pit coal mine.
Nothing like ringing in the New Year with revenue steam! JS 6224 stroms up the beginnings of the 2.5% grade out of Baerzhan while JS8167 waits in the head shunt spur for it's turn to be loaded. Ou... (more)
JS 8167 storms out of Baerzhan Yard with a heavy coal train on the last day of 2017. Baerzhan is interlocking throat for the loading point on the Sandaoling system; here the double track mainline ... (more)
At Wolsztyn they water down the ashes as they are dropped! Here dyspozytor (scheduler) Ireneusz "Irek" Tomiak does the honors.
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 Sports Model #473 hustles by the Silverton Depot during a photo runby on October 17, 2023. This was taken as part of the D&S' K-28 100th Anniversary photo special.... (more)
DSNG 480, a 2-8-2 Baldwin K-36 Mikado built in 1925, gets ready for the morning run from Durango to Silverton, Colorado.
Ready for Departure. The first passenger train on the third and final day of the 2011 Fall Spectacular sits on the platform at Orbisonia Station, ready to make its run north toward Shirleys... (more)
An old soldier soldiers on. After completing morning servicing, EBT locomotives would typically back down the roundhouse lead all the way to the south yard switch. There, they would switch ... (more)
Old Easty after Dark. The sun has gone down but the railroad never sleeps. The crew of an East Broad Top Freight discusses the evening's train orders as they prepare to depart the Orbisoni... (more)
East Broad Top after Dark: South Yard. After coaling and watering their locomotive, an EBT Engine Crew waits for switches to be lined for their last move of the day; the move to the roundho... (more)
Yard Moves. EBT Mikado #15 passes the water column on the west side of the Orbisonia Yard as she works at putting together a freight consist.
One of the biggest challenges in processing... (more)
Passing the Sand House. EBT Mikado #15 passes the old sand tower as she shuttles some freight cars around the Orbisonia Yard on a cool, fall afternoon under changeable skies. This image w... (more)
Steamy East Broad Top: At the water plug. Oozing about as much steam as I could ever ask for, EBT's venerable "Mike" #15 pauses at the water plug adjacent to the shop building to... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: The ash pit. EBT Mikado #15 sits at the ashing station as the hostlers dump ashes and clean her fire before turning the locomotive over to the crew who will run her fo... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: Echoes of the Past. EBT Mikado #15 steams at the ash pit as her stablemate, Mikado #17 rests on an adjacent track. In days of old, multiple narrow gauge Mikados would... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: Cleaning the Fire. EBT Mikado #15 sits at the ashing station as the hostlers clean her fire and dump ashes, before turning the locomotive over to the crew who will run... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: Oozing Steam. Having just been turned to face south, EBT Mikado #15 sits on the Orbisonia Turntable just oozing steam from a number of sources. In the background, is ... (more)
Heave! EBT shop crew members lean hard on the push poles of the Orbisonia Turntable as they turn Mikado #15 to align her with the service track....and give us a rear-quarter view of their l... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: The "Armstrong" Turntable. East Broad Top crews unlock their manual "Armstrong" Turntable as they prepare to rotate Mikado #15 onto the servicing t... (more)
Misty East Broad Top: Leaving the House. On a cool, misty fall morning, EBT's last operable Mike leaves the Orbisonia Round House to begin what would be the last of the railroad's Fall Spec... (more)
"Rosie the Riveter" takes a break on a night shift at the East Chattanooga Yard in front of Southern steam locomotive Mikado #4501 (built by Baldwin in 1911). A great Lerro Productions c... (more)
A timeless scene captured at night in East Chattanooga with Southern steam locomotives Mikado #4501 (built by Baldwin in 1911) and Consolidation #630 (built by ALCO in 1904) ready for departure. A... (more)
Two "Rosies" late at night in front of the Southern Mikado engine #4501 (built by Baldwin in 1911) in the East Chattanooga Yard. A great Lerro Productions charter together with the Tenne... (more)
Two "Rosies" are ready to service the Southern Mikado engine #4501 (built by Baldwin in 1911) on the turntable in the East Chattanooga Yard. A great Lerro Productions charter together wi... (more)
"Rosie the Riveter" takes a break from her night shift at the Southern Railways locomotive shops during the height of World War II. Since the outbreak of the war, women have been pressed... (more)
Reporting for work. A pair of Southern Railway engine shop employees prepare to start the second shift near the turntable in the East Chattanooga Yard. Locomotive service jobs were among t... (more)
Southern 4501 sits on the turntable as two "Rosies" take a break from servicing the engine. Photo taken during a Lerro Productions photo charter - www.LerroPhotography.com
Locomotive 4501's engine crew checks the time before departing with a late night run to head South A Lerro Productions Photo Charter
1911 Baldwin locomotives built 4501 just barely fits on the turntable at the East Chattanooga Shops.
A pair of female shop workers in the yard at the East Chattanooga Shops. Female workers on the railroad and in American industry was a common sight during World War 2. Commonly known as "Rosi... (more)
The engineer and fireman check the time before boarding their engine, Southern Railways #4501, a 1911 product of Baldwin Locomotive Works. This photo was staged as part of the March 2018 Lerro Pro... (more)
A pair of female shop workers take a break on the locomotive at the East Chattanooga Shops. Female workers on the railroad and in American industry was a common sight during World War 2. Commonly ... (more)
The engineer and fireman pose with their "pride and joy" Southern Railways #4501, a 1911 product of Baldwin Locomotive Works. This photo was staged as part of the March 2018 Lerro Productions even... (more)
"Rosie the Riveter" takes a break from her work during her night shift at the East Chatanooga Shops. This photo was staged as part of the March, 2018 Lerro Productions Charter at the Tennesse Vall... (more)
Passing at Imbleau. The former CB&Q #4960 holds the siding at Imbleau (formerly Apex) as her stablemate GCRX #29 comes charging past. Both locomotives are facing south and hauling consists... (more)
The East Broad Top Mikes slumber on inside the roundhouse at Rock Hill Furnace, PA. Although no news yet of a revitalization of operations, photo tours are granted for those interested and proceed... (more)
On the evening of January 3rd 2018, a loaded Coal Train blasts out of the loading yard past 82 Station at the bottom of the grade out of Sandaoling Open Cut Coal Mine, Nth West China.
During engine preparation after shift change at East Yard, the Driver builds a fire under the Rodding to the Cylinder Drain Cocks in an attempt to unfreeze it. At a time of the year when the tempe... (more)
At the bottom of the opencast pit mine at Sandaoling, JS 6224 storms out of the flood loader with the second coal train of the day. This 13 car train will battle four miles of 2.5% grade before re... (more)
Colorado Railroad Museum 491, 318 and 5771 out in the summer sun
Predawn in Chama yard as the crews prepare for a tripleheaded freight to head over the pass.
Steamtown's 2-8-2 Canadian National No. 3377 sits outside forlorn but not forgotten on a spur serving as a parts source for her (now stored) older "sister" No. 3254. The ramp and walkway... (more)
Ready to yard the train & return to East Chattanooga.
Gloomy sky, gloomy future. The gloomy morning sky over the Chama Yard pretty well reflects the prospects for the old soldier seen here. The former D&RGW #483, a Baldwin K-36 Locomotive, w... (more)
After being out of service since the 1990s, K-27 #476 is undergoing a full restoration in the Durango roundhouse.
The dual gauge trackage creates an interesting array of rails. (Note, photo was taken from a public crossing while the train was stopped.)
491 passes an old Rio Grande Flanger as it makes a lap around the roundhouse.
K-37 #491 makes laps around the short 1/3 mile museum loops while Thomas makes laps on the G scale garden layout.
The westbound San Juan Express heads out of Chama for Durango....actually just the daily C&TS train heading west out of town to the end of modern day track to turn on the wye, but with a full yard... (more)
487 pulls away from the engine house to be readied for her day as helper engine up the hill to Cumbres.
After completing her run from Antonito, 489 is topped off with sand at the end of the day.
In a scene that has played out thousands of times before in Chama, a crewman cleans the ashpan prior to a day of work.
