Ending the historic 2019 steam season on a snowy high-note Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 works its train upgrade through the Terry Bison Ranch on the Greeley 'main' from Denver on the final leg of it... (more)

Some people tend to be oblivious to rules, and in the process nearly ruin the shot for others and potentially ruin their day should they misjudge the width of the engine. This person nearly pulle... (more)

"Steel Horizon": The jointed rails across "The Flats" of the Strasburg Rail Road beamed as Norfolk & Western #611 raced west on the morning of October 5, 2019. With every turn ... (more)

Touring the system, the Big Boy blasts through the rural wooded landscape still covered in colorful fall foliage.

"May I Never Wake Up from The American Dream" The shot I never saw coming, has found its way to the top of my personal favorites. Wandering between photo scenes, I joined a small grou... (more)

Climax over Leatherbark Creek. Darkening the sky like an approaching storm, the former Moore-Keppel & Co. Climax #6 charges toward the short trestle over Leatherbark Creek, just outside the... (more)

"The Sound of Silence" 611 pauses during her busy day amongst photographers and as haze of smoke consumes the locomotive and the rails around her, shrouding almost any example of mod... (more)

Where It All Restarted - After serving the rails for 18 years, UP 4014, one of twenty-five Big Boys ever built, was retired from service. The 1.2 million pound steam giant would not see rev... (more)

How is it I am so privileged to see this magnificent machine?

The Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 No. 611 some will say is the finest passenger steam locomotive of all time. You are looking at ... (more)

After Switching from BNSF rails to the UP Palmdale Cutoff at Silverwood, Union Pacific no.4014 slides westbound down grade to Colton in Southern California.The restored Locomotive looking good as ... (more)

"King of the Road" THE shot I wasn't always confident we'd be able to pull off coming into the weekend at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society b... (more)

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611. The 611 ... (more)

A scene that could have been in southern Virginia in the 1950's: Norfolk and Western class J #611 has been demoted to local freight train duties while M class #382 handles the Virginia Creeper loc... (more)

"Sunrise with the J": N&W #611 breaks the early morning silence outside of the Verdant View Farm as the sun just barely breaks over the hills to the East.

The skies continue to darken along the Wyoming countryside as UP 4014 rolls west through Bosler, WY on September 27th, 2019.