Scranton, PA, incorporated in 1886, is home to not only Steamtown but also the nation's first successful, continuously-operating electrified streetcar system which led to the nickname "The Electri... (more)

Here is something you don't see everyday, a brand new welded tank for a steam locomotive tender! Apparently, 3254's tender was leaking too much so they got a new one. And for those of you who thin... (more)

For my 100th RP image let me introduce a genuine steam locomotive engineer. This is Aaron Stout and he is about to unleash Canadian National No. 3254's 53,000 lbs. of tractive effort and thus prop... (more)

Neither snow, nor rain, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep CN #3254 from completion of her appointed rounds!

Steam in Cresco. During the 2007 Lackawanna Railfest, railfans were treated to a steam excursion from Scranton to the East Stroudsburg and return with CN 2-8-2 facing westbound, seen here d... (more)

Railfest 2009- Moscow excursion departs.

The Canadian wilderness, like no other place on Earth, except, perhaps, Pennsylvania. CN #3254 feels right at home this Wintry December day.

I have never seen this before in a lifetime of ferroequinology: the view from a locomotive window on a spinning turntable. I can tell you, it was easy, it didn't take long and it was fun. I recomm... (more)

3254's engineer and brakeman get ready to pull back with it's passenger train during the first snow and last run of the season. They will set out the cars, turn 3254 on the table, and lay up the 9... (more)

Steamtown's CNR 3254 has brought the sold out "Holiday Express" up from Scranton. The brakeman gets back in the cab after helping disconnect the train heat pipe. '54 can now pull ahead, do a blowd... (more)

Steamtown's CNR 3254 runs around it's train, the "Holiday Express," in Moscow PA during the season's first snowfall. This was Steamtown's last trip of 2009. Steam in the snow was an early holiday ... (more)

Steamtown's "Holiday Express" arrives in Moscow PA during the season's first snowfall. Parents are enjoying a day out and kids are on the lookout for the Santa that is in the station. This was Ste... (more)

Traversing the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, CN #3254 takes the lead with a full consist headed East out of Scranton, PA during a Steamtown Winter run.

CN 3254 gets her ashes dropped for the last time in 2009 and will be taken to the shop for winter maintenance in preparation for an eventful 2010.