Who among us wouldn't like to climb into the left hand seat box behind the fireman of Southern Ps-4 Pacific 1406 on this 1941 afternoon at Washington Union Station's Ivy City Engine Terminal? Perh... (more)
Virginian Railway 135 at Roanoke, VA in February 1957 sporting a thick coat of road grime. This 'motor' is preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Bob Drake photo, collectio... (more)
A Pennsy yard switcher 2-10-0 4552 class I1sa waits for a PRR Baldwin shark nose RF-15 to clear a diamond in Columbus, Ohio yard.
Westbound N&W empty hopper train at track speed through Elliston, VA in February 1955. Bob Drake photo, Collection of Tom Sink.
In a scene from August 1958, Colorado & Southern O-4 class 2-8-2 809 (built in 1919 for parent Chicago Burlington & Quincy), shunts C&S caboose 10596 around the yard in Denver, Colorado. (Frank "... (more)
Smoky Mountain 4-6-2 No 110 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November, 1911 for the Little River Railroad in Tennessee. She has 47" drivers, 16 x 22 inch cylinders, operates at 180 psi... (more)
WS-SB Mikado #834 resting at Winston Salem, NC in this March 1957 view. [Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink]
Durham & Southern 2-10-0 #200 working at Dunn, NC in this February 1954 scene. [Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink]
Rockton & Rion 2-8-0 #712, seen here at Rion, SC in this October 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Virginian steam switcher power, Princeotn, WV - July 1954. Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink collection.
Winston-Salem Southbound #711 resting at Winston-Salem, September 1956. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
D&S 2-10-0 #201 working at Durham in this February 1954 scene. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Virginia & Carolina Southern 4-6-0 #34 at St. Paul, NC in July 1954. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Virginian #215 leading eastbound train #4 at Victoria, VA || Nov 1955. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
N&W Y3 class 2-8-8-2 #2045 awaiting its next work in Roanoke, September 1954 Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink Collection.