Sacramento Northern 402, originally built by EMC for Western Pacific in 1939. Sold to Sacramento Northern in 1965, and eventually retired in 1981. Rescued from a deadline in Stockton in 1983 and d... (more)

Foley Bros. purchased a GE/I-R 600hp diesel, built at GE's new Erie erecting facility (replacing Alco for body construction) in 1929, delivered in January 1930 to Colstrip, Montana, for Foley Bros... (more)

Photographer- Unknown- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. Former Wabash #100, now (at the time the photo was taken) N&W #500 "Claytor Lake" brings up the rear of an N&W 611 po... (more)

Frisco #1501, a Baldwin product of 1923, has recently had a cosmetic restoration. This is how park engines should look. Good job by all involved.

Photographer- Greg Stadter- from my personal collection. N&W Class "A" 1218 is shown here on her first excursion rounding a bend near Shawsville, VA on her way from Roanoke to Bluefi... (more)

The massive backhead of C&O "Allegheny" 1604 on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Photographer- my Father- Guy Lisowski. A pair of RF&P GP40-2s pull a TOFC consist northbound past what was a great train watching location for many years; RF&P "Potomac Yard," affectionately re... (more)

First day of C&O 2716's move to Ravenna, KY from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, finds a historic photo opportunity with the Clinchfield F7. Thank you, to CSX for making this happen.

Photographer- Charles P Wales , from a 35 mm Kodachrome slide. Southern 2839 prepares for an Alexandria- Charlottesville, VA round trip while a Southern freight makes its way north.

Is this the future of passenger rail transportation in California or the United States as a whole? The highly controversial California high speed rail project reaches a peak with this Siemens mock... (more)

Photographer- Marc Grinter- from a 35 mm Kodachrome slide. Former N&W Class "A" #1218 makes easy work of an excursion train through Delaplane, Virginia on a late spring day on a round tr... (more)

Recently debuted, cosmetic restoration of the "Lindbergh Engine," PRR Atlantic #460.

Baldwin class of 1944 from ATSF in Sacramento. This 2-10-4, recently received a cosmetic touch up to make its appearance less of the eye sore that it was in recent years. Wouldn't it have been som... (more)

These are just some of the fine folks involved with restoring, maintaining and operating N&W 611. As with the majority of steam railroading, most of these folks do not get paid. They volunteer the... (more)

Former Southern Pacific Baldwin DRS66-1500 in the Tiger Stripe paint scheme. Only two known left in existence, the other being Magma Arizona #10.