N&W #475's hooter echos against the buildings lining the Amtrak and former PRR main near Paradise, PA on October 23, 2017. This location is called Leaman Place junction (pronounced "LEMON&quo... (more)

SRC #89 slowly pushes back empty freight cars into the interchange between the Strasburg Rail Road and Norfolk Southern at Leaman Place Junction. #89 was serving on freight duty this day since ex-... (more)

On her knees, NS #4321, new paint job and all, is giving all she's worth climbing Christiansburg Mountain in the late afternoon light of February 7, 2021 along NS' Christiansburg District.

Norfolk Southern SD70ACe #1101 speeds east at CP Glen Lyn on the late afternoon of February 20, 2021 as a westbound manifest freight occupies the southside main. This piece of railroad was orig... (more)

"Majestic": Reading & Northern #425's headlight beam provides some illumination on the early morning of December 24, 2019. Engineer Shane Frederickson chats with his son Ryan Frederickso... (more)

"Mountain Sunset": The last evening daylight train west out of Roanoke is slowly climbing up Christiansburg Mountain on May 16, 2020. Taken from the best viewpoint in Shawsville, VA, you... (more)

Another gorgeous day for the passengers of the Road to Paradise, as a local visitor and rider chats with the crew of Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 back at the station in East Strasburg. This pho... (more)

R&N #425 does its best 2-10-2 impression as she storms out of the Reading & Northern's Port Clinton Headquarter's and yards southbound for the Outer Station in Reading, Pennsylvania.

The best steam crew in America prepares for a doubleheader freight on the Road to Paradise.

"Steam Dreams": CNJ #113 backed out of her home in Minersville, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2019 as she prepped for another year of hauling the Reading & Northern's Santa Claus Specials... (more)

"Atlas at Speed": Reading & Northern #425 zips past River Road at Atlas on December 3, 2022 heading north for Tamaqua, Pennsylvania hauling the Reading & Northern Santa Claus Special. Zoom pan cau... (more)

"Just a little more...keep 'er comin'!" Engineman Fred Mattison guides Great Western #90 into its stall by lining up the stack with the smoke vents after a long hot day on the Road to Pa... (more)

An early morning wake up call finds me outside of the Reading & Northern steam shops in Port Clinton, PA on October 13th, 2018. R&N #425 has just woken up from her slumber and with most of her 210... (more)

"Shades of Spring": SRC #89 shuffles by the freight cars stored in the Groff's Grove siding as patches of violet-colored wildflowers begin to pop up out of the ground signaling a change ... (more)

Engineer Brent Lefever eases the 475 out of the stall on May 26th, 2016. Strasburg has always been good at giving a look back into the steam era.