Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class locomotive leads a passenger car excursion through the rural Amish countryside while on a visit to Pennsylvania at the Strasburg Rail Road. Somewhat far removed ... (more)

The Road Less Traveled

On "vacation" from Roanoke, VA, Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class finds herself along a long winding country road, in, of all places, Amish Pennsylvania. ... (more)

Dashing through the woods....

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 captured in a pan at 1/15th, dashing through the woods, hardly creeping, in a race towards Virginia on a run that started i... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's 2-10-0 "Grande Dame" No. 90 captured in a pan shot at 1/15th just east of Carpenters Crossing, in Paradise, PA, at the Strasburg Rail Road.

No. 90 was built for the Great... (more)

Amtrak train 667, a Keystone Service train heading from New York City to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, speeds through Paradise, PA, late in the day on September 28, 2013. Thirty-two-year-old A... (more)

After running around the train at Paradise, Norfolk and Western 475 leads the first excursion train of the day up the grade and back towards Strasburg.

As part of the Steam Strikes Back Photo Charter, a meet up with 89, 90, and the Amtrak train was planned. At a speed of 90 mph, there is only a split second where the framing of all 3 locomotives ... (more)

Canadian National 89 pulls up for side by side shots with Strasburg Railroad 90.

Strasburg Railroad 89 rests at Leaman Place Junction while photographers get back on the train to go to the next photo location.

Sometimes - you just get lucky!

Amtrak's ACS-64 No. 634 leads an eastbound Keystone Express through Paradise, Pennsylvania, passing Strasburg Rail Road's 2-6-0 former CN No. 89 an... (more)

Ex-Canadian National #89 pulls a fleet of vintage freight cars on the Strasburg Rail Road, while a line of photographers and videographers take their shot. This was part of the Steam Strikes B... (more)

No. 89 panned at Paradise- fresh out of the Strasburg's shops in early 1989. This locomotive was built by the Canadian Locomotive Works as the Grand Trunk No. 1009, later renumbered to No. 911; i... (more)

No. 90 panned at Paradise in 1986, while still sporting its long and lean look with an extended smokebox from the days of burning lower-grade coal on the Great Western Railway of Colorado.

Strasburg Rail Road #90, gleaming in her retro 1960s appearance featuring the "egg" logo and gold pinstriping to celebrate the railroad's 60th anniversary, climbs the grade near Carpente... (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)