J611, The Shenandoah Valley Limited, rounding the corner past Scott-Christian Rd with 611 in charge making it's 2nd run of the day towards Staunton, it was running slightly late due to wheel slipp... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 The Polar Express on its first night run of 2023 from Owosso Michigan to Ashley (The North Pole). After a two year project of reconditioning bearings and axles and a brand new ... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 The Polar Express on its first night run of 2023 from Owosso Michigan to Ashley (The North Pole). After a two year project of reconditioning bearings and axles and a brand new ... (more)

As Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 slowly makes its way toward the Metrolink mainline at the northern end of the Fairplex (location of the Los Angeles County Fair), a process that will take... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 bark along Cement Wall deep within the Animas River Canyon outside of Durango, Colorado on October 16, 2023. #473 and #476 saw extensive use on freight train service from Salid... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #473 and #476 thunder ahead at Goblin's Fire on the Silverton Branch on October 16, 2023. Built in 1923 by the American Locomotive Company, the K-28 locomotives, also k... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 number 1551 is just one of more than 20 steam locomotives on display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio. It is well worth the trip to see all the vari... (more)

On the Side Lines. The RBMN 1542 heads up a string of Reading and Northern engines that perform background service to the Star of the day that leaves them in the dust, or steam, so to speak. The ... (more)

I was quickly losing light as the N&W 611 approaches her next stop in Greensboro, NC. The rainy conditions made for nice condensation as the steam excursion glides along.

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle through Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023 pulling the daily Silverton Mixed. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures in Colorado for the Fall season, peak fall foliag... (more)

Glover Machine Works 0-6-0T #6 chugs along during the annual Harvest Days festival at the Patsiliga Museum in Junction City, Georgia. No. 6 was built in 1916 for Cherokee Brick and Tile in Macon, ... (more)

The Fall Leaf special blasts off from Reading Outer Station lead by the RDG 2102. Just starting to pull the steam and smoke show draw photographers in. The train passes by other Reading and Northe... (more)

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's 4-8-4 T1 #2102 is on the point of the fall foliage express train OSJT (Outer Station-Jim Thorpe) crosses Schuylkill Road while it is reflecting itself from a lit... (more)

ATSF train 4, the California Limited, is seen approaching La Junta Colorado at 50 MPH on September 16th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

R&N 2102 flies northbound past Koremart and Hartz Concrete en route to Jim Thorpe.