The bigger of the two TVRM engines, Southern 4501, rolls through a crossing in Chattanooga.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 leads its freight train around the Colorado Railroad Musuem loop on a sunny spring afternoon.

Southern 4501 approaches the Chickamauga Battlefield, the sight of a devastating Union Army loss. While 35,000 men were killed, wounded, missing, and captured by the Confederates, the Union would ... (more)

Summerville Steam Special headed by legendary steam locomotive Southern 4501.

Southern 4501 draws a crowd of photographers, onlookers, and railfans, as she prepares to take a spin on the turntable in Summerville.

Under gloomy skies and thunderstorms, Southern 4501 rolls downhill through McFarland Gap

Southern 4501 hustles the Summerville Steam Special through Downtown Chattanooga.

"Southward to Summerville" Southern 4501 guides the Summerville Steam Special Southward through the sun at Pennville.

California Western excursion. For more 70's photos - https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Durango & Silverton 480 crosses the Animas River as it departs Silverton for the return trip to Durango on a sunny May afternoon.

Durango & Silverton 493 simmers on the Durango Turntable late at night on a cool spring evening.

Not as pretty as her SY sister but alive and ready to go this engine was fired as we watched, listened and smelled the process, probably my favorite experience around steamers. They creak, they g... (more)

141TD 740 test run crossing Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat viaduct

141TD 740 test run leaving Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Limoges

Laying over on an Indy-Bloomington round trip on the Indiana Railroad. I noted that I ate at Subway for the first time here. Doesn't say much for Bloomington's culinary offerings at the time. L... (more)