"Night Moves"

It's actually just before 6 AM and patrons begin to set up for a runby at the Port Clinton yard. Meanwhile - over by the roundhouse, the crew throttles #425 for a positioni... (more)

Killing time in Cumberland. The crew of a Western Maryland Freight shoots the breeze on a windy, chilly platform, as they await the passage of opposite-direction traffic, before proceeding ... (more)

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern. The crew of a Reading Blue Mountain & Northern passenger train discusses the challenges of their upcoming run north, as they wait for their passengers to b... (more)

R&N #425 makes an extended stop at the station in Jim Thorpe giving time for the crew to catch up on the day's activities. Just earlier, the scene was full of activity until the change from snow ... (more)

While out for a snowy evening stroll, a local family comes across Reading & Northern #425 simmering at the Jim Thorpe station. The young boy is captivated by the immense size of the locomotive, as... (more)

Black River & Western No. 60 has dropped its passengers back in Flemington and is deadheading back to Ringoes after a successful day of powering the North Pole Express.

Black River & Western No. 60 leads the North Pole Express past the abandoned Hunterdon Concrete plant on an unseasonably warm December evening.

The warrior back home. In the darkest of days in 1942, the bad guys were still winning on all fronts. The Axis Powers had built huge fleets of tanks, ships and aircraft and America, well..... (more)

Canada's "Rosie" After spending an afternoon making her CN Mogul look pristine, this Canadian "Rosie" takes a minute to enjoy the warm evening light that's bathing the T... (more)

Buckin' rivets. After placing a cherry-hot rivet into the steam chest of a locomotive under repair, a railroad shop material handler watches as her two colleagues hammer that rivet into pla... (more)

Keeping the home fires burning. It's the fall of 1944 and America is waging war against the forces of evil in both Europe and the Pacific. With much of its able-bodied young and middle-age... (more)

The Norfolk & Western Big Three at the Virginia Museum of Transportation from left to right: N&W 2156, N&W 611 and N&W 1218. I had the opportunity to come down on my own and photograph the big thr... (more)

Virginia & Truckee's two operational steam locomotives simmer outside the engine shop after a hard days work.

Virginia & Truckee No. 29 captured with a fast freight in a pan at 1/8th in Silver City, NV.

It is possible that amusement park rides such as "The Whip" of 1914 and the "Wild Mouse" of the 1960's were inspired by the V&T - a line proclaimed to be the "crookedest shortline in America". Th... (more)