The 1218 is westbound on the last leg of a circle trip from Roanoke north along the Shenandoah Valley line, east on the old C&O James River line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke.

This year's NRHS convention was held in Rutland, VT. Day 3's activity involved a rare-mileage passenger train from Rutland to Bellows Falls and return. Having gotten off duty just in-time to sh... (more)

The second to last excursion of the NRHS Convention passes the station at North Bennington as it returns NB from Hoosick Jct. This train made a roundtrip over the entire B&R Sub from Rutland, VT t... (more)

The second to last excursion of the NRHS Convention rolls NB past the classic EC Crosby & Sons building. This train made a roundtrip over the entire B&R Sub from Rutland, VT to Hoosick Jct, NY and... (more)

A former Rutland RS-1 leads a Rutland to Ludlow mixed freight with 5 empty covered hoppers for loading at Imerys Talc in Smithville plus 3 coaches. This is the first excursion of the 2015 NRHS Con... (more)

The first excursion of the 2015 NRHS Convention returns to Rutland Yard. The historic ex Rutland Railroad RS-1 has spent it's entire life on these rails. The train ran as a mixed freight from Rutl... (more)

Challenger #3985 pulls an NRHS Convention special southbound on the former C&EI.

IAIS QJ 6988 smokes it up as she battles the grade west out of the Quad Cities

Troop extra? Photo by Matthew Herson

One of many steam trips that occurred during the 1970 NRHS convention was this Charleston-Savanna roundtrip excursion, seen here southbound on ACL rails. On this day Consolodation #722 led Mikado... (more)

Clouds are moving in fast, but luckily the Hustle Muscle has the NRHS Rare Mileage trip trotting along at track speed. The clouds would eventually catch up.

DT/DE/DR streetcar marked for Rt 1-Hudson River with NRHS special. The Coytsville Line was abandoned three years prior to this trip, on June 1, 1933. At this point, Public Service was getting clos... (more)

NRHS convention train on the WGN. Passenger train meets Freight powered by SW-1 in Great Northern livery.

The Midwest Chapter of the NRHS's annual charter crosses the River Styx Trestle on the old Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad (current Wheeling & Lake Erie Akron Subdivision) with an interesting ... (more)

SP 4449 leads SP&S 700 on the return to Portland during the 2004 NRHS Convention