There Goes a Legend

EBT 16 trundles south back to Rockhill with 8 cars and a caboose, a train much shorter than the one that made her a legend on the railroad when she was new in... (more)

There Are Many Like It, But This One Is Mine

The Long Fill is an absolutely timeless photo location, looking much today as it it did 70 years ago. There are thousands of images o... (more)

"Welcome Back East Broad Top."

Those were the words on the neighboring Rockhill Trolley Museum's sign that welcomed visitors to the press event held on February 14, 2020. While i... (more)

Doo, Doo, Doo, Lookin' Out My Back (Barn) Door

As expected, the return of steam to the Narrow Gauge of the East brough out railfans in the hundreds--trains for the Winter Spectac... (more)

A Tear to My Eye

I'll admit to choking up a bit as 16 came up through the yard. This was a scene that I last saw in 2010. My only images of the first tourist era are a crappy cel... (more)

Steam at the East Broad Top Railroad's Winter Spectacular.

Pennsylvania Narrow Gauge Reborn. When rail enthusiasts hear the words "Narrow Gauge", they usually think of Colorado, not Pennsylvania. Visions of roundhouses full of K-28s and K-36s come... (more)

A few fans get their shots at the East Broad Top's "Winter Spectacular" in February 1981. The M-1 is a Brill Model 250 gas-electric, built in 1927.

Breaking in a new horse. Wednesday, February 1st of 2023 was a monumental day in the re-birth of the East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill Furnace, PA. On this day, the first steam locomoti... (more)

Back 'er up! With the cylinder cocks open and the valve gear set in reverse, the crew of EBT Locomotive #16 takes their newly restored Baldwin Mikado backward toward the south yard in littl... (more)

Parked Indefinitely, Or Not. East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) 16 (2-8-2, Baldwin, 1916) was sitting inside the roundhouse in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania on the evening of Saturday, November 2, 201... (more)

A Clean House Is A Happy House. A previously overlooked photo from August 13, 2020 tells almost as much of the story as many others from that day that show people or trains. On that day, th... (more)

During the 2022 East Broad Top Winter Spectacular, M-1 heads back into Orbisonia at the beginning of a snow squall. Within the hour the ground will become completely covered in snow. Within two ho... (more)

An East Broad Top excursion pulls into Orbisonia behind 2-8-2 #15.

A pair of mikados lead a coal train north to the interchange at Mt. Union, PA.