A cold Ely sunset. With most of the sane photographers already headed back to their hotels for hot showers, I risk the loss of some critical anatomical hardware as I shoot Nevada Northern's... (more)

The 463 sits over the ash pit after dropping its fire. The loco was used on a Jim Trowbridge special that day. The ash pit has since been replaced.

DRGW 487 is rounding Windy Point and is now in full assault of the final few hundred yards of 4%. If all these cars had been loads this train would have been quite near the tonnage limits for the... (more)

Oil fired sunset. Southbound from the summit above Norquinco on the Esquel narrow gauge line. This probably would have been much more dramatic if it were coal smoke, but I'm not complaining. Thi... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 begins a photo run-by at Point of the Mountains, Utah. UP 3985 was still burning coal, and on this trip, set many brush fires between Salt Lake City and Provo. After this trip a... (more)

The crew on N&W 1218 keep a watchful eye as the locomotive prepares to back down against their train. Soon the locomotive will be pulling a passenger special to Front Royal, Virginia.

Those who ventured to Birkett Common this evening were treated to a near perfect scene of steam locomotion at its considerable best. I say "near perfect" because there could always be 'better' - t... (more)

When one of Sir Nigel Gresley's 'A4' masterpieces is in full thunderous flight, there's probably not much this planet can offer to surpass the sight and sound. Spine-tingling!

Steaming ore cars coated with frost from their morning below zero trip from the mine arrive at Proctor.

Engine #4587 makes a reverse move in the yard. The rough-riding 2-10-0's were not favorites of Pennsy crews but part of their longevity was due to their ability to haul heavy loads. This one has... (more)

On a -25 degree morning DM&IR 407, 402 and 409 cut thru the fog and frost as they head for Two Harbors with loads of steaming taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac.

On a very hazy summer day in August 1956 the air in the Susquehanna Valley hung heavy as Pennsy steam engines worked right alongside the exotic 1st generation diesels at the company town of Renovo... (more)

The mid-day passenger train of the Ba-Shi Railway storms up the stiff 3.9% grade out of Mifengyan behind C2 #09. On this section, the track is built on a shelf far above the valley below. The sce... (more)