shortly before Wrapping up the evening at Strasburg Railroad, 90 puts on a dramatic show in her throwback paint scheme, as steam billows into the crisp night air. Lighting for the evening done by ... (more)

A Fall sunrise greets the Road to Paradise, as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 hustles West on the morning of October 18, 2020. This photo was taken as part of the SRC's 60th anniversary celebrat... (more)

Strasburg Railroad 90 Performs a runby just before sunrise around 7:10 AM. The orange skies and thick plume of smoke make this a dramatic scene.

Sunrise in old Virginia. One of the better places in the entire US to photograph steam locomotives right at sunrise is Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, and the perfect spot is here, in t... (more)

Steamscape: The Snowshed Slide. "And by the time you get your hide past the Snowshed Slide.... You've had a ride on the Silverton, The Silverton Train." Those lyrics, penned over 4 decades ... (more)

The Glory of Steam

The Union Pacific Big Boy has just leaned into its steam pressure amidst the most glorious of atmospheric conditions. Heavy snow and steam wrap around me and... (more)

A long way from home. On a summer afternoon, Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" charges across the 1887-vintage, wrought iron trestle at Tefft (MP 477.80), as she makes her way south t... (more)

Coaling the old fashioned way....one shovel at a time. With the WW&F Museum's bucket loader broken this day, Engineman Bill Piche and Ashcat Joe Fox coal Locomotive #9 the old fashioned way... (more)

Controversy averted. The 4:30PM Reading and Northern Railroad/Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway train (“Gorge Express“) crosses the original Jersey Central Railroad bridge across the Lehigh river at Nes... (more)

Congratulations to the Crews that restored RGS #20

The guys and their lady! Rio Grande Southern Number 20 stands proud with the crews and artisans that lovingly restored her.... (more)

Cass Scenic Railroad Climax 9 and Shay 4 rest at the water tower in the yard at Cass. The locomotives await being posed for a night photoshoot later that evening

Union Pacific The Big Boy is just departing Denver for Cheyenne in the midst of a classic November, Colorado Wyoming blizzard. By the time the Big Boy reaches Wyoming nearly a foot of snow had com... (more)

The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

A spectacular sunset is just wrapping up and dusk is beginning to fall over Fillmore as Fillmore & Western No. 14 simmers quietly in the yard. The fine product of Baldwin is being prepared for a r... (more)

KCC 93 and Nevada Northern 40 prepare for the days worth amidst the clouds of steam and smoke in the railroads engine house