The southbound Denali Star cruises through Fort Richardson on fast track and is just a few minutes from arrival at Alaska Railroad's historic downtown depot. In the background are the ever present... (more)

Storm clouds part at Caliente long enough for BNSF7708 to round the curve on the approach to tunnel 2.

VGN GE EL-2B #125 at Elmore, WV || February 1957 Photo by Bob Drake, Collection of Tom Sink.

Just Like The Posters: When Great Northern Railway promoters tried to sell the wilds of Montana to potential travelers, this is what they were thinking of; tall mountains, rapid rivers, stu... (more)

In the early morning light, CSXT 898 leads a loaded coal train over the massive Limeville bridge.

Virginian #215 leading eastbound train #4 at Victoria, VA || Nov 1955. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

It's train time in Savannah, Georgia. On a sunny day in March, 1922, The Florida Cuba Special has just arrived with engineer J. A. Preacher at the throttle of Seaboard Air Line 4-6-2 827. After th... (more)

Virginian steam locomotives resting at Princeton, WV in this February 1957 view. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Northern Pacific 4-8-4 2604 was one of twelve Class A 4-8-4s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926. They had 73" drivers, 28 x 30 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 210 lbs, and could exert 57... (more)

Florida East Coast 4-6-2 145, Class 151, was one of 87 ALCO built 4-6-2s purchased between 1907 and 1922. FEC 145 had 68" drivers, 22 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 180 lbs, and produced ... (more)

Steamtown's CN 3254 blasts upgrade out of Scranton on its way to Moscow.

Atlantic Coast Line 4-8-2 Class J-1 1405 was one of five 4-8-2s built by ALCO in 1924 for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad as their class P-1. They were sold to ACL in World War II for ... (more)

Boston & Maine Class J 4-4-2 3200 was built by Baldwin in 1895 for the Concord & Montreal as their class 33. This was the first Atlantic type that offered all the qualities of the design, i.e., fi... (more)

Well, thanks to a 'heads up' from my friend Ian, I was able to finally get some shots of one of the 2 Coors Silver Bullet units. Here we see 6445 after arriving on #73 in Windsor. Someone was wa... (more)

Spokane Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 701 was one of three Class E-1 4-8-4s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May, 1938. They were virtually identical to the Northern Pacific Class A-3 except that t... (more)