Laona & Northern's "Four Spot" steaming upgrade between Camp 5 and Laona in Wisconsin's scenic Northwoods. The mosquitos were out in full force!
Laona & Northern's "4-Spot" steams over the Rat River in Wisconsin's scenic northwoods. This rare Vulcan-built Prairie has been operating on these rails for much of its life. In June a... (more)
Stuffed and mounted in Ardmore Oklahoma.
This trim 1920 Baldwin Prairie from the "Wobble, Bobble, Turn over & Stop" is one of three steam locomotives displayed at the Galveston Railroad Museum (otherwise known as the Center For... (more)
GWR 2-6-2 No. 4144 (built 1946) seen at the Didcot Railway Centre alongside No. 1340 which is an 0-4-0 saddle tank built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1897.
This nicely painted 2-6-2 locomotive, number 103, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Sumter & Choctaw Railway. It had a total engine and tender weight of 161,300 lbs, and had a tra... (more)
50 years after the end of the steam era in the region, some passenger trains in regular schedule were run again by steam engines. 023 058, built in 1955, is speeding up in front of the church at W... (more)
023 058 has left Lauterecken-Grumbach and Lohnweiler and is now speeding up to its next stop at Heinzenhausen on its way to Kaiserslautern. Commerorating the 50th anniversary of the end of steam i... (more)
50 years after the last steam trains in the region, the Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde ran those trains again. On a regular scheduled passenger train from Zweibruecken to Pirmasens 023 058 is seen here in... (more)
I learned very fast with this railroad. I couldn't just cut through the bushes, or run up a hill. The foliage is thick, with a lot of mean thorns. Lots of uneven ground, and water.
Beauty abounds along the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.
The final train of the day Oregon Coast Scenic McCloud River 25 passes Barview MP 844. Three Graces Rock formation can be seen in the background.
McCloud River 25 has just departed Garibaldi, Oregon with a load of passengers heading for Rockaway Beach.
All spiffied up and looking good, with hopes of restoration in the not too distant future. With all the ex-MCRR steamers still around it must have been quite an operation in steam. A great Memb... (more)
2-6-2 T passenger train steamlocomotiv 35 # 05 of the BDZ exhibited in Tryavna on the Shipka pass line. Built in a series of 45 between 1910 and 1921.