This was a two day northbound ferry run on the Southern Railway to get the 444 back with the American Freedom Train in the DC area. On the morning of day two, the train is seen shortly after depar... (more)

The gentleman who got caught at the crossing was in for a surprise as 4501 blasts through the outskirts of Marion. In an hour or so the first trips for 4501 in the 21st century would be completed.

Rushing an eastbound excursion toward Radford the classic Mikado attracts some bovine attention in the bucolic interlude between Marion and the vast metropolis of McMullan. When there don't miss ... (more)

N&W class J 611 has arrived in Toccoa with the excursion from Atlanta. Passengers will have a couple of hours to roam around the north Georgia town while the locomotive and train are turned on the... (more)

N&W class J 4-8-4 611 poses for a rods-down portrait while being readied for a weekend of excursions from Atlanta.

The quiet in the small village of Coopers, West Virginia, long interrupted by the passing of empty and loaded coal hopper trains, experiences a different type of disruption from three decades prio... (more)

Southern Railway 4501 has departed Dearborn Station and is about to pound the diamonds at 21st Street Interlocking as it heads south along the C&WI toward Indiana with The Independence Limited. A... (more)

The N&W Class J 611 heads east near Bedford on this cold, rainy day. The engine was being moved for the upcoming weekend excursion.

On a beautiful summer morning, Southern 4501 leads NS 958 past the CPLs at CP Washington in the small town of Glade Spring, VA. Man how things have changed. Southern 4501 is now stuck running at T... (more)

Old meets new as a steam drawn passenger excursion passes a hot shot intermodal and parked mixed freight at Burnside on the Saturday trip of the weekend excursions between Lexington Kentucky and O... (more)

With North America's largest interlocking tower in the background, N&W 1218 works its way south (railroad east) along the former Nickel Plate main on a passenger special. Tom Golden photo.

Two of Roanoke's finest perform a rare side-by-side mainline runby- the 1218 with empty hoppers and the 611 pulling a passenger trainload of conventioneers.

With many railfans capturing the action on the ground, Southern 4501 begins to work its way south from LaSalle Street station along the Rock Island main as its cloud of steam and the Chicago skyli... (more)

During the Fourth of July weekend, Southern 4501 was used to haul passengers on an excursion around Chicago and Indiana known as the Independence Limited. Prior to one of its runs, the steam loco... (more)

"Berkshire in Slateford"