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)
The mangled husk of a former White Pass locomotive pulled from the Skagway River sits outside the shops as a clean and operable 73 rolls by.
After completing a successful test run up to the summit of White Pass, locomotive 73 heads home to Skagway. The train is seen here passing bridge 7A just north of Rocky Point.
The White Pass & Yukon Route's only operable steam locomotive, number 73, has just conquered White Pass for the first time in 2025. Crews spent the day making two test trips up the pass, with the ... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 passes the passenger platform as it makes another lap around the Colorado Railroad Museum trackage on a sunny spring afternoon.
Rio Grande Southern 20 and Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 rest on the point of their trains on a beautiful May morning.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 leads its freight train upgrade through The Cut on a sunny May afternoon.
Durango & Silverton 480 performs a blowdown on The Highline as it navigates the horseshoe curve on a sunny spring afternoon.
Durango & Silverton 493 simmers on the Durango Turntable on a cool May night.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 starts up the hill on a run around the Colorado Railroad Museum track.
Fireman Sam Kunugi shovels coal into Denver & Rio Grande Western 491's firebox on a cool May night.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 and Rio Grande Southern 20 simmer in the roundhouse on a cool May night.
