Feeding the movie star. Railtown Fireman Stephanie Tadlock swings the fueling boom into place over the oil tank in the tender of movie star locomotive Sierra #3. Although she was built as ... (more)

Aaaaaaand....ACTION! With perhaps more Hollywood movie and TV credits to her name than any other locomotive in history, the legendary Sierra Railway #3 puts on a private performance for the... (more)

Slumbering, Sierra #3 and #28 bask in the darkness of the Jamestown Roundhouse.

The inside of Sierra Railway's roundhouse appears to have been left untouched for over 100 years.

The number 3 takes on water to prepare for a run up the hill to Sonora

Sierra Railway #3 looks good at 121 years old thanks to a recent rebuild and the constant maintenance of the volunteers at Railtown 1897. The vintage locomotive is seen here rolling through Califo... (more)

Sierra #3 the "Movie Star" engine works upgrade into Jamestown with the final train of the day. This has to be one the hardest engines I've ever photographed. With its very shiney black paint, m... (more)

Sierra Survivor. The Sierra Railway's legendary movie star, Locomotive #3 makes her charge up the hill from Rock Quarry toward the Jamestown Yard, hauling two heavy steel coaches on a speci... (more)

#2 Poses in the early morning light before starting the day's work.

Sierra Railway #2 takes water at the famous Petticoat Junction water tower at Jamestown, CA.

Sierra Railway #2 returns to the depot at Jamestown with another load of happy passengers.

Sierra 4-6-0 #3 and 2-8-0 #28 are making a photo runby on a cold december day in 1993 at Hetch Hetchy Junction, It is here that the Sierra connected with the long gone Hetch Hetchy Railroad, owned... (more)

The Movie Queen blows off steam. Railtown Engineer George Sapp watches carefully as Sierra #3's Fireman (on the walkway in front of the cab) lifts the blow-down valve, unleashing 160 psi of... (more)

Cab ride on Sierra Number 3. Railtown Engineer George Sapp and Fireman Warren Smith carefully coordinate the departure of Sierra Number 3 and her special Passenger Extra from the site of a ... (more)

My ride behind the Movie Star. A few rays of sunlight poke through the clouds as the legendary Sierra Number 3 passes her fire patrol during a run-around maneuver at Rock Quarry. The shor... (more)