Loading livestock at Osier. The crew of a D&RGW stock train carefully aligns the doors of one of its cars with the loading chute at the stock pens in Osier, Colorado. A local rancher, sen... (more)
This New Haven J1a is getting ready to go pick a freight up from Hartford...not! Its really Valley Railroads 3025 getting ready for a day of hauling happy passengers.
The people of the Valley Railroad take good care of ol' 3025....old, haha yea rite. But they do take care of this good looking 22 year old locomotive!
Early on a cold winter morning two engines are serviced before hauling another long train over 10,000 foot Cumbres pass to Chama. Two more engines, a flanger, and a spreader will run ahead from A... (more)
For a long time it was normal practice for narrow gauge trains to handle standard gauge cars between Alamosa and Antonito and intermediate points on the three-rail. By the early 60's this practice... (more)
Valley Railroad 2-8-2 No 3025 poses during the Lerro Productions photo charter's night photo shoot in Essex, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG
Valley Railroad 2-8-2 No 3025 poses during the Lerro Productions photo charter's night photo shoot in Essex, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
My first shot on Railpictures was a night shot, my Railroad: East Broad TopLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: EBT 15Train ID: Freight TrainPhoto Date: October 17, 2010
CLEAR!!!! NH 3025's Fireman shouts the warning to any unwary bystanders before opening one of his locomotive's blow-down valves. Superheated water is suddenly expelled from the firebox sec... (more)
Back to work. Break time is over for the third shift yard crew at the New Haven's Essex yard. It's time to climb back aboard J-1 2-8-2 3025 and resume their switching chores on a wet May ni... (more)
New York New Haven & Hartford. The crew of New Haven 3025 couples to one of the line's box cars, prior to spotting it in front of the Dickinson Witch Hazel facility in the Essex Yard. As i... (more)
Surrounded by steam. The headlight beam of New Haven 2-8-2 3025 slices through the steam that surrounds the locomotive as the night shop crew inspects and preps her for the next day's work... (more)
TLC. Her work done for the day, New Haven J-1 Mikado 3025 rests in the Essex yard while the overnight shop crew tends to her running gear.
New Haven Heritage Locomotive. There's been a lot of publicity surrounding heritage locomotives at a certain Class 1 railroad recently, but those engines don't hold a candle to this fine ma... (more)
Foggy Night The engine crew work on greasing the engine while awaiting its next assignment.
The engine crew takes a break on a muggy, rainy spring evening in Essex Yard.
The Talk - Locomotive Foreman Wayne Hebert (standing) speaks with Fireman Eric Steinberg (sitting) after a long day's work.
Foggy Night - Locomotive 3025 switches out some freight cars as the fog beings to roll in.
It's been a long time since an engine lettered for the New Haven Railroad switched cars in this yard. After completing their first day of passenger operations for the 2012 season, the Val... (more)
Valley Railroad's newest locomotive #3025 departs Deep River yard limits enroute to Essex Station. Note the only split derail switch on the property in the left of the frame.
The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, one of only seven in North America capable of steaming up four locomotives at once, put on a great show coupling all four together for runbys. Here the locomotiv... (more)
Rio Grande narrow gauge K-28 478 pulls forward to the station for the second Silverton train that morning.
The two K-28 passenger engines had been serviced after arriving from Silverton earlier on two sections.
Canadian National 2-8-2 #3254 leads one of the Scranton Limited trains past the Mall at Steamtown on a windy, chilly November day.
In a scene from August 1958, Colorado & Southern O-4 class 2-8-2 809 (built in 1919 for parent Chicago Burlington & Quincy), shunts C&S caboose 10596 around the yard in Denver, Colorado. (Frank "... (more)
Rio Grande 485 (489) pulls a freight into Cumbres Pass during a Lerro Productions Photo Charter.
Engine 40 rests on the pit after a long night of hailing Christmas goers on the North Pole Express.
Locomotive 40 does its run around for the last Santa Special of the day. Locomotive 40 was built in 1920 by American Locomotive Works and worked on the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad of North Caro... (more)
I love the smell of coal smoke in the morning. With the brilliant September sunlight streaming through the trees on the east side of the yard, DRGW 487 approaches the Chama Water Tank for h... (more)
Pit Crew for the Chama Choo-Choo. Day after day, from late May through early October, members of the Chama Shop Crew perform their afternoon ritual of inspecting their locomotives and prepa... (more)
Engineer Bruce is checking his brake pipe pressure. The locomotive has just come off an intensive 2-year rebuild. I must admit I have never been in the cab that was nice and shiny with a new car s... (more)
EBT 15 gets ready to assemble the days train in the morning sunlight
At the end of a long day, K-36 487 (Baldwin, 1925) pauses near the Chama coaling tower to take on more sand before having her fire cleaned.
VALE 3025: From vision to fruition. Back in 2008, Valley Railroad CMO J. David Conrad let it be known that his company was seeking a third steam locomotive, to ensure its future as "The Ess... (more)
Valley Railroad 3025 pulls its first train across Route 153. Although it was only a switching move to prepare for North Pole Express festivities, 3025 performed well moving the 9 car consist. Can... (more)
Valley Railroad CMO J. David Conrad at the throttle of the Valley's newest steamer, 3025. Photo taken by Valley Railroad employee wearing all necessary PPE. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40m... (more)
You saw it here on RailPictures.net first! Valley Railroad 3025 moving under its own power for the first time. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Switching at Cumbres Pass. A D&RGW Brakeman battles the glare of the evening sun as he and the crew of a westbound freight perform some switching moves in the yard at Cumbres Pass. His da... (more)
First time seeing the light of day. Valley Railroad Chief Mechanical Officer J. David Conrad looks over the railroad's newest locomotive - a Chinese SY, wearing #3025 on its first trip outside of... (more)
All steamed up and nowhere to go ... yet. Former Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 491 is all steamed up on Friday for a recording session that will occur on Monday. This locomotive was built by Baldw... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: The Sand House. With her tender tank completely filled, EBT's lone operational Mike backs away from the standpipe toward the south yard, where she'll switch onto the m... (more)
Thonburi Depot in June 2007 with Mikado (2-8-2) No. 953, Krupp M1500BB No. 3121 and GE CM22-7i No. 4560 in the background.
Foggy East Broad Top: Leaving the House. EBT #15 backs out of the company's 8-stall, brick roundhouse and onto the turntable to begin its working day. Shortly, the shop and locomotive crew... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: South Yard. With the October sun just beginning to burn through the morning fog, EBT#15 comes off the wye (foreground left) with her passenger consist and heads north ... (more)
Foggy East Broad Top: Getting Ready for Work. EBT's venerable "Mike" #15 eases back to the standpipe adjacent to the shop building to water up before switching onto the mainline for a day o... (more)
#15 goes for a spin on the turntable after a hard day's work out on the line.
#15 simmers next to the water column and coal dock. The water column was brought back into service this year and the FEBT has started to restore the coal dock.
Osier Arrival. With one of her Brakemen riding the catwalk, a D&RGW freight arrives at the remote station in Osier, Colorado. Prominent in the consist today is a string of distinctive, bl... (more)
Topping Cumbres Pass. Coming out of the shadows of Tanglefoot Curve, a D&RGW Freight enters the evening sunlight at the 10,020 foot-level....the summit of Cumbres Pass. Shortly, she'll cro... (more)
DRG&W #489 subs as infamous DRG&W #485, back from the scrap yards after falling into the turntable pit in Salida in 1953. The engine returned to 2011, alas only for 24 hours.
In the snowshed at Cumbres Pass. Denver & Rio Grande Western #485 sits with her freight on a snowshed-covered leg of the Cumbres Pass Wye waiting for traffic to pass. For pretty obvious r... (more)
DRGW #487 pulls up to the ash pit early one morning ready to dump her ash - a scene that has been repeated for nearly 100 years. Afterward, the crew will bring the engine past the coal tipple and... (more)
L1s 2369 awaiting a call to duty at Williamsport, PA. Note the circular number plate common to freight engines prior to the use of a Keystone plate on the M1 Class freight haulers in the 1920s.
With workers tending to the K-36s and K-28 478 sitting on the turntable, the hostlers discuss the next move of the night as the engines are serviced for the next day.
Southern Railway Locomotive 4501 is in Bristol,VA during a excursion in 1984
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1516 was built in 1918 as ICRR 1810. She had 63" drivers, 27 x 30 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 185 lbs, and could exert up to 54,583 lbs of tractive effort. She was on... (more)
Poor 'ole CN #3377, sits forlorn in the yard at Steamtown as a parts source for Steamtown's current star, sister engine #3254. The engine's tender, trailing trucks and even pony trucks have been ... (more)
Venerable CN #3254 gets ready to run Steamtown's yard shuttle after maneuvering through the yard in Scranton. In the background stands a former Lackawanna sand silo which could hold 90 car loads o... (more)
Giving rides in yard, at railfest.
1922 meets 2011 with Tacoma Rail's brand new 3 day old genset and MRSR's recently restored Polson # 70.
Having just thrown the switch, the fireman of #15 has jumped back on and will ride to the crossing, where he'll block cars for the train.
Cumbers & Toltec Scenic 487 has just arrived in Antonito with its train from an all-day run across Cumbres Pass from Chama, NM and is seen here about to cut away from its train at the depot and mo... (more)
Steamscape - Extra 15 South. Mikado #15 takes a freight extra down the main in the EBT Yard for a southbound run to Robertsdale, leaving lonely sister #17 behind, simmering beside the shop ... (more)
After a day of clouds and rain, the 15 is finally bathed in sunlight while switching the Chehalis Yard in frot of a crowd of spectators during the 2011 NRHS convention.
Old Eastie draws down. It's the fall of 1953 and with the war years behind it, the East Broad Top Railroad is feeling the economic pressure of its dwindling business. The infrastructure sh... (more)
Harold Borovec, CMO of the Chehalis-Centralia runs his "baby" engine 15 past a throng of photographers during some switching after an NRHS convention event.
Coal Country Dawn. The first rays of the morning sun peek over the hills east of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, catching EBT's Mikado #15 as she gets ready for work. With her consist already ass... (more)
Steamscape: Orbisonia South Yard. A chilly fall day finds a short local mixed passing the switches, water column and coal tipple that mark the south end of the EBT yard in Orbisonia. This r... (more)
A crew member spots #15 under the smoke jack in her stall after a long day on the line. A Lerro Productions Charter
A crew member aligns #15 with her stall. In a time honored tradition at the EBT, the turntable is still operated by hand.
Jim takes the 3254 out for a spin.
Going for a spin on the turntable
Mikado and admirers
Former White Pass & Yukon 192 and 70 sit by the shop waiting for another busy day of pulling passengers on the Dollwood Railroad.
The last year of steam traction for cargo transport around Wolsztyn. Scanned from negative.
The boss is in. A D&S K-28 Locomotive pulls a short varnish train off the loop track and into the Durango Depot area to kick off the 2010 Railfest "Parade of Trains". On board their priva... (more)
Soo Line 1003 backs down the museum track to couple to a pair of vintage cabooses before bedding down for the night. The engine was being prepared for a trip five miles down the road to Slinger, W... (more)
Chama is a time capsule - particularly in the morning when the smell of hot cylinder oil and coal smoke is in the air and the engines are being prepared for another day of work. It's a credit to t... (more)
Night at the Roundhouse D&RGW #478 takes a spin on the original steam powered turntable at the Durango Roundhouse. Special thanks to Willow Creek Productions for hosting the night ses... (more)
Soo Line 1003 is switching cars in preparation for a short trip to Slinger, WI.
Turning the power. After arriving at Rockwood Station with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's annual Winter Photo Train, K-28 #478 takes the wye to begin a turning operation th... (more)
Theres never a dull moment at the Durango Yard. Rio Grande #480 takes a turn on the table while #473 and #481 are serviced. Photo taken at a Lerro Productions night photo session during the annual... (more)
Crew members inspect Rio Grande (Durango & Silverton) #473 and #480 after a long day of running. Nowhere else in the country can you experience a 24/7 roundhouse operation like in Durango roundhou... (more)
Night Moves. The little EBT yard is a busy place on a cool autumn evening. Locomotive #15 has just arrived from Shade Gap with a short freight and is about to put her consist on a siding a... (more)
Bound for Robertsdale. An EBT hopper train passes the coal tipple and water plug at the south end of the Orbisonia Yard, enroute to the mines near Robertsdale, PA. Although EBT's histori... (more)
CN 3254, probably the biggest steam locomotive in the Northeast, digs in hard on the 1.5% hill with the "Ice Train," a heavy steel consist consisting of many cold, motion resistant bearings. With ... (more)
Sunrise at EBT. A colorful fall sunrise in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania finds EBT Mikado #15 reporting for duty in the yard that has been her home for 96 years.
In a scene repeated countless times when the EBT was a common carrier, 2 crew members give #15 a spin on the Armstrong turntable at Orbisonia. While the table has hook-ups to be operated with air,... (more)
