For years, the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society would operate their steam locomotive, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 3751, from its home in Los Angeles to San Bernardino becaus... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Hustling north to Minersville, PA CNJ #113 puts on a show just outside of Schuylkill Haven hauling the Reading & Northern's Santa Claus Special on December 11, 2022.

I originally started “Red sky at morning………..” then something didn’t look right and I knew someone would correct me. I was wrwrwrong! “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” is mo... (more)

Reading & Northern engineer Nate Mengel eases CNJ #113 forward on December 11, 2022 across the street from the former Reading Company station in Minersville, PA. #113 will be warming her cylinders... (more)

CNJ #113 Fireman Jake Pothering adjusts the air compressor on the 1923 product of ALCO on the morning of December 11, 2022. Working on steam locomotives is not light work.

CNJ #113 crew member Shaine Fenstermaker looks over his ride for December 11, 2022. Built in 1923 #113 just celebrated its centennial last year and continues to play an important part to the anthr... (more)

Fireman Jake Pothering is hard at work breaking the bank of CNJ #113 in Minersville, PA on the early morning of December 11, 2022. In the engineer's seat is fellow volunteer Colin Williams studyin... (more)

CNJ #113 crew member Shaine Fenstermaker hits all of the appropriate points on the Baker valve gear with the oil can on the morning of December 11, 2022 as he readies the anthracite burning 0-6-0 ... (more)

The 2102 reverses across the Lehigh River and backs down to the yard in Jim Thorpe.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe 2-10-2, number 3876, had a total engine and tender weight of 687,000 lbs., and a tractive force of 81,500 lbs. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, where my gre... (more)

Shunting at Jingpeng station brought "old" and "new" together. While the diesel locomotive of the DF8B class will surely still be in service today, the QJ steam locomotives has... (more)

The famous photo-spot along the JiTong line: the Siminigyi-bridge! In the future it will be replaced by a new electrified shortcut through the mountains from Reshui all the way to Jingpeng station... (more)