V&T #25 pulls the Nevada State RR Museum's Santa Train out of the depot at Carson City.

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 has just finished climbing the east slope of Cumbres Pass as a helper on a double-headed passenger special the afternoon of August 27, 2021. The locomotive is abo... (more)

Preserved "B1 Class" loco 61306 "Mayflower" heads "The Cotswold Explorer" railtour past Ebley Crossing. This was an excursion from Norwich to Worcester.

Night moves. The crew of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 stops to confer with their colleagues on SP Locomotive #9, as their two freights pass each other in the yard at Laws, California. <... (more)

A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (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)

Perfect alignment. A Southern Pacific Brakeman muscles the bridge of the gallows-style, "Armstrong" turntable into perfect alignment as his crew prepares to turn Locomotive #18 in... (more)

The "Slim Princess" steps onto the table. Watching the track interface carefully, the fireman on Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 carefully marshals his locomotive onto the gallows... (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)

SP 9 makes the last steam run on the SP narrow gauge, from Owenyo to Keeler and return. It was retained as a backup for the single diesel on the line, and that morning the diesel returned on a (st... (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)

Moving museum pieces. With the exception of the museum's Brill Motor Car, all of the other pieces of railroad equipment at California's Laws Museum are normally static displays. Many of t... (more)

A 6-car freight heads for Keeler. With a full head of steam, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin Locomotive #18 takes a 6-car freight past the water and fuel tanks in the yard at Laws, Californi... (more)