7312 rests in the shop, torn down for extensive running gear work, with her drivers just ahead of her. Better be careful when taking the shop tour - those driving wheels are very well-balanced an... (more)

Easy Does It. While we were out on the line with engine 93, the NN crew brought out Wrecking Crane A, fired her up, and gently derailed a car. With the crowd gathered around to wat... (more)

Come In From The Cold. During the winter months, MBTA moves unneeded locomotives inside the shop to avoid adding freeze damage to the backlog of work needed to keep the aging fleet running... (more)

For those willing to make the strenuous hike up from Route 302 (at far right), the granite outcrop that overlooks Willey Brook Bridge provides a great view of southbound trains descending the uppe... (more)

Waiting Their Turn. A trio of pedestrians hold their ears while the horn and C&NW-style gong bell announce MC 2010's arrival at the Jarves Street crossing. The newly-rebuilt crossi... (more)

Blue And White. On the Friday morning of Homecoming weekend at my nearby alma mater, Penn State, it seemed appropriate to shoot a train led by blue and white locomotives. Here at B... (more)

An excited fan (no, it was not me!) anxiously awaits Four-And-A-Quarter's departure from a rainy Port Clinton.

The Stepchild? Although Strasburg is known as a bastion of steam, there are a few diesels on the roster to handle a little freight on the side. One of the first locomotives acquire... (more)

Hiding. Three years after my last visit to the EBT, I found time to sneak away from Homecoming in State College to visit Orbisonia again, and found M4 stashed away inside the shop w... (more)

Heavy Artillery. The P&W normally does its winter cleanups with light engines clearing the snow. After the Blizzard Of 2015, however, more than two feet of wind-driven snow covered... (more)

Something's Amiss. Something seems a little off here, as two Grafton & Upton units sit forlorn and derailed, just south of the Massachusetts Turnpike overpass.

Crying For A Paint Job. Not long after it arrived on the G&U, heavily-tagged CF7 #2443 idles with the S4 that had been the line's sole power for over 15 years. Both units are in their for... (more)

WMSR conductor and B&O veteran Richard Markle climbs back aboard his mobile office during a photo charter on November 9th, 2009. Sadly, Mr. Markle passed on early on the morning of January 4th, 2... (more)

Flaming Foliage Express approaching Renovo

Company Pride. Painting newly-acquired locomotives doesn't help them move the tonnage any better, but it does present the public with an image of company whose employees take pride ... (more)