No. 2317 pans the Steamtown Mall.

No. 2317's pallbearer's escort her reluctantly to the ash track. There they will kill the last fire she will know for an indeterminate age. Palpably funeral was the atmosphere over the yard that e... (more)

THE LAST SIX FEET that 2317 will roll under it's own power before her FRA mandated overhaul. Will we ever see her alive again?

The fireman has dumped 2317's fire and is now washing the hopper making sure all the ash has been removed. This procedure has been performed on 2317 every working day for years but there is a diff... (more)

The engineers qualified to run Steamtown's CP Pacific 2317 up "the Hill" come together on the turntable in Scranton. This somber gathering marks the locomotive's last day of service before a manda... (more)

Steamtown's CP 2317 Pacific with the "Scranton Limited" is passing the former DL&W Scranton station which is now a upscale hotel. Engineer Seth Corwin is making the engine bark as he accelerates t... (more)

Steamtown's CP 2317 Pacific with the "Scranton Limited" is passing the former DL&W Scranton station (now a upscale hotel) and the University of Scranton's athletic field. The engineer is making th... (more)

Soft early morning light bathes South Amboy New Jersey in September 1983. GG-1 4884, after delivering it's train from New York and letting diesels take it on down the "North Jersey Coast Line," is... (more)

Fireman Jack Emerick III, using his famous overhand grip, is bailing coal into Steamtown's CN 3254's mighty maw so the locomotive can blast up the 1.5% grade to Moscow. For the rest of the story, ... (more)

Nickel Plate 759, ignited by sunbeams in the Scranton roundhouse, recalls the days of blasting out of Bellevue Ohio with freight CB-12 while providing famous "Nickel Plate High Speed Service." On... (more)

The "Pocono Volcano" has been unleashed! That's what I call Steamtown's Canadian National No. 3254. The locomotive has started it's train with 390 happy passengers right on "The Hill", the 1.5% gr... (more)

Grand Central Terminal, New York City's jewel box of a train station, sits in the middle of skyscrapers. It is as about as perfect an American example of the French Beaux-Arts style of architectur... (more)

We are in Canadian National steam locomotive Class S-1-b No. 3254's cab. Engineer Aaron Stout is filling out the Form D and is minutes away from pulling the throttle in the foreground for a Steamt... (more)

Jack Emerick III is one of the most skillful firemen I have ever seen. I swear he could make an engine hot with ice cubes. He is on Steamtown's Canadian National No. 3254 steam locomotive on a ro... (more)

With an energetic engineer at the throttle three DL RS-3's blast through Tobyhanna with the NRHS convention train from Scranton to the Gap. The abandoned concrete tower looks on. (Wouldn't that be... (more)