Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway (Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke) have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this pu... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates across the Port Clinton Turntable as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.

CP 2816 "Empress" rolls through the edge of BNSF Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, MN.

CP 2816 "Empress" departs the CPKC Humboldt Yard in Minneapolis, MN.

After turning its train at Tower A-5, CPR #2816 heads west through Franklin Park, IL before laying over in Bensenville Yard for the night.

2816 crossing a Soo lettered bridge just east of Barrett on the home stretch to Glenwood at the end of a marathon run of about 320 miles.

2816 stretches her legs east of Voltaire.

2816 rounds the curve at Sawyer, passing one of the new searchlights that populates this line.

Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this purpose, brake tests are carried... (more)

Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this purpose, brake tests are carried... (more)

Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this purpose, brake tests are carried... (more)

Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this purpose, brake tests are carried... (more)

Crew members Chuck Trusdell, Ryan Bausher, and Shane Frederickson inspect Reading 2102's running gear before it departs Port Clinton for a test run.

Leaving Boston Massachusetts at 35 MPH on August 17th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Steam at the Station. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 no. 2912 is seen sitting outside Pueblo Union Depot.