Here's a look at the backhead inside the cab of ATSF Texas-type 2-10-4 #5011. This locomotive was the first in the final order of 2-10-4's that the Santa Fe ordered during 1944. There were twenty ... (more)

Southern Railway Master Mechanic-Steam Engines Bill Purdie Jr. and a fellow crew member inspect T&P610 prior to a pair of weekend excursions out of Alexandria, VA

The Southern Railway was notoriously conservative in matters of steam, but if the road had acquired modern Lima superpower, here’s what it might have looked like. On July 29, 1977, we are alongs... (more)

Alexandria Action 2 –The Southern Crescent is eight miles into its 1154 mile, 25 hour journey to New Orleans as it rolls out of Alexandria’s passenger station. An empty excursion train lead by... (more)

Alexandria Action – A fantrip lead by Southern’s 2-10-4 number 610 has unloaded its passengers after completing an Alexandria – Charlottesville round trip, and is backing away from the stati... (more)

The Southern Railway welcomed Texas and Pacific #610 into it's steam program after the 2-10-4 was rebuilt and did a brief stint pulling the American Freedom Train in 1976. Here the locomotive is... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 "Selkirk" class T1c. Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1949, with 63 inch drivers and 78,000 lbs tractive effort. For more pics & videos from my collection see my websi... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie 643 is stored outdoors in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks. This 2-10-4 was fully restored in 1988 but was only test-fired, not operated in excursion service as intended... (more)

After being restored for American Freedom Train duties in Texas, Texas & Pacific 610 was leased to the Southern for excursion service. Here she thunders through Profitt, Virginia, en route from Al... (more)

Inside the cab of the highest-horsepower two-cylinder steam locomotive ever built, Santa Fe 2-10-4 No. 5017, one of 26 built for the road in 1944.

I spent many years helping out with the restoration of this locomotive, only to see it rotting away now in Pittsburgh. B&LE #643, Hazzelwood, PA. 4/05/1992

Rusting away!

Southern 2-10-4 #610, cylinder cocks open, departs the North Wye at K&IT’s Youngtown Yard on 6-10-78. The former T&P locomotive is taking an excursion train from Louisville to Danville, KY on a... (more)

Former T&P I-1a 610 is giving the fans a fast ride just north of Atlanta en route to Toccoa, GA.