The fireman, David, shovels coal quickly into #190 as the train makes its way around "Roundhouse Mountain".

UP 4014 crossing a creek in Etlah MO

Thomas Nicholson honking the horn as the train proceeds through a grade crossing. www.JoeyBowman.net

This railroad tie plate is dated "85", not 1985 but 1885. The track looming in the background is dated 1886 and has laid dormant since 1938.

Number 12 crosses the trestle at Tweetsie Railroad.

Tweetsie Railroad 190 crosses the trestle during railfan weekend 2007

#12 "rushes" up the 5% grade at Tweetsie Railroad. 1/15th zoom pan.

Engineer Eric Pittman watches the tracks ahead of us as we head longhood forward towards Bryson City. www.JoeyBowman.net

Thomas Nicholson working as brakeman, directing engineer Eric Pittman after running around the train and preparing to head back towards Bryson City and the NOC. www.JoeyBowman.net

Pere Marquette 1225 an 2-8-4 steam locomotive is seen here passing the famous Carland Elevator on a beautiful November morning. Though PM 1225 was the inspiration behind the book "The Polar Expre... (more)

N&W 611 leads NS 957 up the steep grade at Coleman NC, nestled in the middle of the famous loops at Old Fort NC.

The brakeman for the CWCY, Tim, rides on the back of a boxcar while doing some switching in the yard. Scanned from a B&W, sepia toned print.

Approaching the Lake Fontana bridge on the GSMR. www.JoeyBowman.net

Engineer Kurt Newman.

CWCY waddles down the old tracks that are in bad shape during the summer of 2007. The railroad no longer runs through this exact area due to Google.com building a large facility and claiming that... (more)