Hoopin’ Orders. PRR GG1 4927 hoops orders at Spaulding Tower during the Illinois Railway Museum’s ‘Shay It Forward’ night photo charter.

JNLC 5 and SLSF 1630 pose side by side and look pretty for the many photographers at the ‘Shay It Forward’ night photoshoot.

JNLC 5 durning the ‘Shay It Forward’ photo charter at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Mixed to Mt. Union. A young couple pauses to take in the passage of an East Broad Top mixed train that is passing under the iconic McMullins Summit Bridge, on a northbound run to Mt. Union,... (more)

Empties headed for the yards. In the late afternoon light on warm day in April, East Broad Top Locomotive #16 takes a string of empty hoppers south to the yards in Rockhill Furnace, PA, aft... (more)

The center of attention in Rockhill Furnace. In the tiny borough of Rockhill Furnace, PA, there's not much to do on a lazy afternoon except wander down to the East Broad Top depot and watch... (more)

Encounter at Enyeart Road. A motorist watches as a southbound East Broad Top freight barrels through the unguarded crossing at Enyeart Road, headed for the yards at Rockhill Furnace, just l... (more)

CN 8223 is one of two surviving MLW S7 locomotives and believed to be the last operable example to exist serving the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. Bruce Hodges, president of the Leather... (more)

A pair of Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Alco S4's see some rare mileage as they are posed in the Village of Cooperstown for a photo charter on a rather gloomy spring afternoon. This also... (more)

For my 15000th photo on Railpictures.net, I chose this night shot of Häusernmoos in the Emme valley. The steam train with the 2-6-2 tank locomotive Eb 3/5 # 5810 from Huttwil to Ramsei has just a... (more)

A busy afternoon in Laws. The little Southern Pacific Yard in Laws, California suddenly gets a bit busy with Locomotive #18 in the background freshly fueled and watered and ready to take th... (more)

Heading out into the Owens Valley. A Southern Pacific Conductor watches from the back platform of Combine/Caboose 401 as his short mixed train leaves the south yard in Laws, California, hea... (more)

Hay-burners and oil-burners. A young horsewoman with a pack mule in tow, crosses the Southern Pacific tracks near the depot in Laws, California, headed for the nearby hills with supplies fo... (more)

Maintenance in the way. A track crew working in the Southern Pacific's yard at Laws, California, makes a mad dash for the track car set-out, as the impatient crew of a scheduled southbound ... (more)

Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)