Two French steam engines in Switzerland: 241A65 is owned and operated by Swiss association 241.A.65 in Full, 241P17 is coming from France of association Les Chemins de Fer du Creusot.

A freshly painted Baldwin 2-8-2 slugs it's way around Windy Point at 9800 feet elevation. The Cumbres summit at the Continental Divide is just around the corner.

765 over the Rocky River coming from Lakewood, Ohio to Rocky River depot. Headed to Bellevue, Ohio.

A shot of the running gears that make the locomotives able to climb the steep grades that West Virginia Mountains have. Thanks to Cass Scenic Railroad <... (more)

A member of 261's crew does some ash work prior to the large coal burner heading back to the Twin Cities.

NKP Charges up the mountain at "Middle Grade"

261 steams off of the BNSF's Coal Runner and heads for the Grassy Point Draw.

The former Deutsche Bahn steamlocomotive 41 018 (2-8-2 heavy fuel oil fired) made a visit in Switzerland for two weeks. The locomotive is based in Augsburg and owned and operated by Dampflok-Gesel... (more)

The former french railways SNCF 141 R 1244 (2-8-2 Mikado) and the former german railway DB 64 518 (2-6-2 tank) are together pulling a train up the 2.6 % grade on the old Hauenstein line between Ol... (more)

Mid-day Wolsztyn-Sulechów in Kargowa

The New York Central signal bridge at CD 205 is engulfed in steam as NKP 765 chugs eastbound through Elyria on the first employee excursion of the day.

Here you see a fire's eye view of a Lima pacific's firebox crown sheet. This firebox happens to belong to Boston & Maine's No. 3713. That is the fire door on the left and a partial thermic syphon ... (more)

Yes, that is the James River and that is the old C&O main. Who wouldn't chase on this blazing hot day. And best was I got Dad out with me and he really enjoyed it, much to my surprise.