A locomotive as big as Texas. Squirreled away in a shed on the grounds of the Texas State Railroad, sits a locomotive worthy of the Whyte Classification "Texas." This monstrous 2... (more)

Everything is bigger in Texas. Here's a rear-quarter view of the massive Texas & Pacific 610, a 1927 Lima 2-10-4, seen here on display in the yard at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, ... (more)

Naked and Unafraid

Bessemer & Lake Erie Texas type #643 has had a rocky history over the past couple decades. Restored to operating condition in the mid/late 1980s, it was all dresse... (more)

Suprise! All fired up and ready to roll!

A few of us were privy to this event well in advance - notably, photographers of a Lerro Productions photo charter back in April of... (more)

Texas type steam locomotives like wide open spaces

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927 calls the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine, TX... (more)

Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 No. 610

T&P 2-10-4 No. 610 was built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927. No. 610 is the sole survivor of the T&P's fleet of seventy 2-10-4's (designated as a... (more)

Texas & Pacific No. 610

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927, was brought out of the the Texas State Railroad shops and fired up for patrons of... (more)

Charlottesville, in the news lately for reasons other than railroading, is recalled in this 1978 photo of a Superpower steam visitor from Texas. I just happened upon the scene after leaving Monti... (more)

T&P 610, one of the last, if not the last, of it's kind was pulled out for the first time in years after weeks of the railroad publicizing it. It was pulled out then number 30 and 7 were staged on... (more)

The Santa Fe's (AT&SF) 5011 sit quietly out of the elements at the Museum of Transportation of St. Louis. The 5011 was the last generation of new steam locomotives purchase by the Santa Fe introdu... (more)

CSRM showing a little love for the Santa Fe Collection. The museum has found time for the cleaning, priming, and painting of two Santa Fe engines. The ATSF No. 5021 Texas 2-10-4 looking good on di... (more)

Baldwin class of 1944 from ATSF in Sacramento. This 2-10-4, recently received a cosmetic touch up to make its appearance less of the eye sore that it was in recent years. Wouldn't it have been som... (more)

What Southern Superpower might have looked like; except for the TP herald on the feedwater heater. Just happened upon this scene after leaving Monticello with my late grandparents- we had no idea... (more)

After 8 years of languish and vandalism on a siding in Sacramento, ATSF 5021 shows off fresh paint and new lettering on a nice warm Northern California summer night, these engines look way better ... (more)