Steam shoots out of N&W 475's cylinders as she prepares to pull 10:15 AM Easter Excursion

N&W 475 Thunders up the grade towards Black Horse Rd

Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 475 tackles the grade between Long Curve and Carpenters on the Strasburg Rail Road. The Mastadon has its hands full, and slipped shortly before it entered this frame.

Norfolk and Western 475 charges westbound with the coach train into Cherry Crest Adventure Farm.

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.

475 becomes engulfed in her own steam as the crew prepares for the days activities

What started as a Photo of 475 Rolling out of the Cherry Crest Adventure Farm has turned into a more simple scene. Perhaps more reminisce of the farm from decades passed. This composite of 2 se... (more)

Argentina Railway 15B Class.#1567 built by the Vulcan Foundry in 1948 for the Great Southern Railway.

On a rather chilly President's Day weekend, the traditional opening day of the weekend, former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 #475 pulls the 3 pm train on Saturday, February 13, 2021, towards the Esbensh... (more)

Argentina Railway 15B Class.#1567 built by the Vulcan Foundry in 1948 for the Great Southern Railway.

Creeping off into the sunset. With the cold winter sun about to dip below the horizon, a re-creation of the Norfolk & Western's "Virginia Creeper" heads west toward Abingdon, Vir... (more)

Passing farms in Watauga. A westbound Norfolk & Western Train 202, "The Virginia Creeper", passes a dairy farm in Watauga, VA, en route back to her base in Abingdon.

This rat... (more)

The Strasburg shop crew must have been asked "how's it going?" one too many times, judging by the message written in chalk on the boiler. The 475 first ran on the Strasburg on November ... (more)

An encounter in the farmland of Virginia. The Engineman of a Norfolk & Western M-Class "Mollie" gives a friendly wave, as his engine hauls a short mixed consist west through Virgi... (more)

N&W 475 at Carpenters crossing, with the rolling hills and farms in the background