Got coal? That's about all Milwaukee Road 261 needs at this point - it's pretty much ready for its May debut.

844 storms up Peru Hill, after leaving Green River, on the 2009 heritage tour. An HDR photo.

Recreated GN Passenger Train for the 2004 Railfan Weekend.

No. 328 backs down to pick up its train after dumping ashes at the Osceola, Wisconsin depot. This was the 4-6-0's last month of operation before being taken out of service.

A sad end for a pair of classic covered wagons. Former SP&S 804 (BN 716) - later Minnesota Zephyr 787 - waits with a former GN F7A to be scrapped at Stillwater. The railroad closed several years... (more)

The engineer keeps a steady hand on the throttle as 2-8-0 No. 93 heads downgrade towards East Ely.

It's a steam locomotive. Wait! It's a diesel locomotive. Wait! It's a....Stiesel? This is former Sumpter & Choctaw 2-8-2 No. 102, converted to internal combustion many years ago by the good ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 101A heads up a short freight train on display in the Cresco, Iowa, city park. The unit was placed here in 1985 and is supposedly operable.

This rare Union Pacific 120-ton steam derrick is preserved at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah. No. 903037 was built by the Industrial Works as UP derrick 02781, and donated to the m... (more)

The "Huscle Muscle" poses for night photos during the 2009 NRHS convention.

Nevada Northern 93 steams through the barren landscape east of town.

"Four Deuces" No. 2222, one of thirty new GP20C-ECOs being delivered to St. Paul, is being set up at St. Paul on a cold January afternoon.

Three brand new Northstar Commuter Rail MP36PH-3Cs sit in the sun at East Minneapolis yard after delivery. Northstar plans to begin operations in late 2009 on 40 miles of track between Big Lake a... (more)

Bangor & Aroostook presented this nearly-original-condition EMD BL2, named the "American Railfan," to the Cole Land Transportation Museum in 1982. The only thing missing are the tractio... (more)

Reading camelback 1187 at Strasburg waiting to be placed back into operation (or at least cosmetically restored).