Our reservation at the Nugget hotel in Sparks requested a room with a view of the rail yard. When we checked in the desk clerk volunteered that a higher floor would provide a better view. When w... (more)

In the days before German reunification, a coal train between Nordhausen and Silberhutte on the Harz narrow gauge line was the last regularly scheduled steam doubleheader on the DR. FarRails Tour... (more)

Because of all its glass and soaring ceilings, the new Berlin Main Station was described by one magazine as a "cathedral for trains". It must be one of the most impressive railway stations in the... (more)

I believe the C&S steam operation on the isolated Climax branch may have been the last regular use of standard gauge steam on a Class I in the U.S. As I remember the story, the C&S continued to us... (more)

Mixed train daily. Except for the semaphores, this is a pretty ordinary picture. But what I find interesting eight years later is what is on the rear of the train, a long mixture of material han... (more)

Another shot from Dave Gross' D&S winter charter. The first day was overcast and raining lightly, and the engine had a serious steam leak. The second day was wall to wall sun and the steam leak ... (more)

Pete Lerro's 261 charter last year. The beautiful matched consist of vintage passenger equipment was about as big an attraction as the beautiful 4-8-4. As an old timer, it is interesting how litt... (more)

By golly I think this is the first picture of an operating BEDT engine in the data base. There are pictures of the 13 stuffed and mounted at Strasburg, and this engine stuffed and mounted at the ... (more)

Two painted ladies await their next dance at the West Oakland Diesel Shop. For me these daylight painted PA's were simply the best looking diesels of all time....but then the SP was "my" railroad... (more)

The photo shoot was over, the crew was getting ready to put the 1225 back into the house, but Pete Lerro had not yet turned the lights out. In a way I like this shot because of its imperfections,... (more)

The Del Monte departs San Francisco on its daily journey to Monterey. Apparently the usually assigned streamlined chair car was bad order, so a heavyweight Harriman sub was substituted to go thro... (more)

Dave Gross sponsored his seventh annual "final" charter on the D&S this week. On Monday the weather was overcast and raining lightly, but on Tuesday we had wall to wall sun. This is the classic ... (more)

Dave Gross sponsored his seventh annual "final" charter on the D&S this week. On Monday the weather was overcast and raining lightly, and the 473 had a major steam leak. But the combination prod... (more)

The annual D&S Winter Photographers Special is southbound through the cut at Rockwood.