In its last year of operation, Pennsy D16sb No. 1223 runs around its mixed freight, in a view from J-Tower. Photo taken by my wife; conductor was the late H. Fox, guarding the now-gone pedestrian... (more)

We're Thinking Of You Honest Abe. On April 22, 1865 at 12:05 PM, Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train passed through Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on the original right of way of the Pennsylvania Railroa... (more)

From 1965 through 1989, a constant presence on Strasburg’s roster was Pennsylvania Railroad D16sb 4-4-0 1223. Here the classic 4-4-0 rolls past the shops at Strasburg.

A below-the-rails look at PRR K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918,) which has just made an unscheduled maintenance stop. "A simple engine with marine cylinders- with equally abundant steaming capaci... (more)

Here's another overlooked negative. Pennsylvania K4sa 612 sits in Asbury Park on the Farewell to Steam trip. There was a 90 minute lunch stop here and the locomotive and train had been moved south... (more)

Pennsy power, down by the Strasburg enginehouse in the fall of 1986 with the 1223 and 7002 getting ready to doublehead. The 1223 debuted on the Strasburg in 1965 and was retired in 1989. The 700... (more)

Pennsy light Atlantic No. 7002 is ready to go, with a 5-car half hour train on the 4th of July in 1985. This locomotive was on the Strasburg roster from 1983 to 1989, and occasionally pulled main... (more)

The PRR 7002 is pulling the Gettysburg Address Special on the CSX (ex-Western Maryland) between Hanover and Gettysburg, and is at the moment of stalling due to wet rails. The solution was to back... (more)

Never Again

The first double-headed Pennsylvania Railroad steam combination since the PRR dropped its fires in the 1950’s pull a train out of the Groffs siding on the Strasburg R... (more)

Mower Lumber Co. Shay No. 4 leads a work train through the s-curve below Whittaker as part of the Cass Scenic Railroad's annual Fall Photography Workshop.

Built in 1882 this "Eighth Wonder of the World" lasted 121 years before it was destroyed by a F1 Tornado a little over ten years ago. At the time of the Tornado it was fourth-tallest railway bridg... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)

Elk River Coal & Lumber shay #19 has five loads of logs en route from the lumber camp to Avoco, W. Va. on Nov. 24, 1961. They didn't build bridges, they just forded the creeks. A watchman ri... (more)

Cowboys meet Grand Canyon steam, a great end to a long day. A Lerro Productions charter.

Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)