Cumberland, MD 8/9/2008 - On its debut run returned to WM colors, Western Maryland GP-9 number 25 is on home rails once again as conductor Richard Markle lines the crossovers at the WM's Cumberlan... (more)

this is a somewhat special train : Lokomotion 139 310 at the age of around 50 years, has a quite new EMU of the Graz-Koeflacher-Eisenbahn in tow. Note the fancy paint-scheme of the oldtimer...

In the spring of 86 a Soo Line train is crossing the large bridge at Foster Iowa on its way to Kansas City. Soo power was already finding its way on most trains on this line. My dad and I spent ... (more)

In summer of 1984 this classy little ten wheeler and train tour the CNW system. Here it is steaming hard out of Waukegan with bell and whistle for a work group to my 6 near the eastside of Oakwood... (more)

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Shoving East Under Cloudy Skies - UP 844 shoves out out of the yard at West Colton under cloudy skies, on the way to Yermo California via the Cajon Pass. In the background is Slover Mou... (more)

Climbing the Grade Near Cajon Summit - 1950 - Well, it is not exactly 1950, but it very well could be if you ignore the the SD70ACe tagging along for the ride. Here, UP #844 climbs the... (more)

Afternoon Arrival - Nothing brings out a crowd like a steam engine. Here, #844 gets moving again after knocking down a light near the end of it's day long trip from Yuma Arizona along t... (more)

UP Yellow on A Warm November Afternoon- Nothing says Union Pacific like the yellow painted cars and after a day long trip from Yuma Arizona along the former Southern Pacific Yuma Subdivi... (more)

Southern 4501 is framed along US 60 in the hills of Virginia on a Roanoke-Shenandoah excursion. Thanks to Jeff Hawkins for his assistance. See his site at Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Buena Vista, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 4501
Train ID: special
Photo Date: September 20, 1970

With the head-end passing the general store made famous in a night photo by O. Winston Link, a Southern 4501 special rolls through the siding enroute to Shenandoah with an open-air car full of con... (more)

A Southern 4501 special polishes the high iron of the ex-Virginian. Thanks to John A. Craft for help ID'ing the location and date of this run. For a view of all the action that steamy September ... (more)

A Southern steam special on the N&W crosses the James River enroute to Shenandoah. More Southern 4501 shots are seen from that steamy September 1970 at ... (more)

Hurricane Irene resulted in Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Special to make a rare detour over the NYSW route from Syracuse to Binghamton, NY on its way to the 2011 Steamtown Railfest in Scranton, PA; t... (more)

Locomotive from Jhansi shed speeding towards Daund with just 2 coach inspection special.