"Thunder in the Poconos": Reading & Northern #2102 thunders south towards Reading, PA outside of Jim Thorpe as she climbs the grade with the R&N Fall Foliage Special on October 14, 2023.... (more)

Reading & Northern #2102 blasts past Nesquehoning Jct on October 14, 2023 as she works hard in the rain, wide open, reversing her train for the afternoon run south to Reading, PA for an R&N annual... (more)

Norfolk & Western 475 rolls through Cherry Hill with its passenger train at sunset on a beautiful January evening.

In homage ot Ephraim Shay, Cadillac has constructed a historical marker and sample of his creation he developed in nearby Haring, MI.

Ol 49-111 before the departure to Wolsztyn

Ok 1-359 from Wolsztyn to Leszno with the morning train

Steam locomotives from the early 1920s awaiting restoration.

Norfolk & Western 475 rounds the curve at Beiler's on a sunny January afternoon.

Norfolk & Western 475 rolls into East Strasburg with its passenger train on a gorgeous January afternoon.

Reading & Northern #2102, on a rainy October 14, 2023, races north to Jim Thorpe outside of New Ringgold, PA on one of the annual R&N sponsored Fall Foliage Specials.

Heavy rain falls as the sky erupts with the continuous thunder of Reading & Northern T1 #2102 making time south towards Reading, PA on October 14, 2023. Here the '02, as it's affectionately called... (more)

SP train number 2, the Sunset Limited, hustles at 40 MPH near Glendale California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4141 is on the move with forty-eight car First 641 near Redding California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate on this westbound freight was 45 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-6-2 2447 and SP 4-6-0 2376 are in charge of SP train 72 at San Luis Obispo California in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe 3751 from the fireman side. I saw the 3751 for the first time on November 26, 1976 when it was still on display in San Bernardino. After it was restored by the San Bernardino Railway His... (more)