The country's newest steam locomotive brings the mid day Santa Express back into New Freedom PA.

I was on my way to the grocery store when I realized it was too nice of a day to NOT go chase the country's newest steam locomotive in the snow. Here NCR 17, the York gets ready to depart New ... (more)

The Northern Central Railway of York is a non-profit, Civil War-themed heritage railroad based in New Freedom, Pennsylvania. A reproduction 4-4-0 steam locomotive hauls passengers over 10 miles of... (more)

A "modernized" replica. With the afternoon sun sinking rapidly toward the horizon, the Northern Central Railway's York 17 prepares to depart our last photo location and head back ... (more)

Howard Tunnel southbound. Trailing a smoky black plume, the Northern Central Railway's ornate York 17 charges out of the south portal of the historic Howard Tunnel, in the town of Seven Val... (more)

Running the "Treel Tunnel". On a late fall afternoon, the Northern Central Railway's Locomotive "York 17" charges south through the dense "tree tunnel", about ... (more)

Lifting the pops in Howard Tunnel. As she was being posed for photographers at the south portal of the historic Howard Tunnel in November of 2021, the Northern Central Railway's beautiful Y... (more)

Historic Howard Tunnel. On a late fall afternoon, the Northern Central Railway's York 17 Locomotive comes charging out of the nearly 200 year-old Howard Tunnel, in the town of Seven Valleys... (more)

Station Stop: Hanover Junction. Passengers gather on the platform as a Northern Central passenger train arrives at Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania on its way south to Baltimore. On the poin... (more)

A symbol of hope for the future. A young woman out for a walk on her parents property gives a hearty wave to a passenger train headed for the big city of Baltimore as it speeds through the ... (more)

The new look of the Northern Central Railway. The Northern Central Railway's beautiful "York 17" hauls her 4 car passenger train south through Seitzville, PA, just north of the Gr... (more)

Seitzville southbound. The Northern Central Railway's locomotive "York 17" hauls a passenger train south along Cordorus Creek in the borough of Seitzville, Pennsylvania on a sunny... (more)

Crossing Cordorus Creek. The Northern Central Railway's Locomotive #17 "York" rumbles across the concrete and steel bridge spanning Cordorus Creek in tiny Seitzville, PA, on a coo... (more)

Historic Hanover Junction. The Northern Central's Locomotive #17 "York" arrives at Hanover Junction with a passenger train that originated in her namesake city, about 20 miles to the north,... (more)

Bound for rainy Baltimore. A Northern Central Railway crew brave heavy rain showers as they bring their passenger train south toward New Freedom, Pennsylvania, and eventually, Baltimore, MD... (more)