His tender full of coal, the Fireman patiently waits as his engine is topped off with sand. Soon it'll back down to a train, tie on, test air, and be on the road. PRR Class M1a

Southern Railway 1452 stands ready at the Asheville Roundhouse.

Time for a little sandhouse gossip before getting out on the road with a train. PRR Class M1a

Black Beauty gets a once-over at the rack in Renovo while the photographer gets eyeballed by the laborer. This Mikado had a PRR class designation of L1s, and the "NOR" stencil on the pilot design... (more)

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 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)

A pair of Pennsy teapots wait to work, still under steam late in the diesel transition era, by the turntable at Williamsport. On the left: PRR class I1sa. with a long distance tender. The engine... (more)

Southern Railway 1380 one of the only streamlined 4-6-2's on the Southern pauses at Atlanta Yard

Only in town at the end of the run for two hours, one of N&W's two Pacifics remaining at the end of steam service, the 563 turns on the table at Norton, Va. to prepare for its run back to Bluefiel... (more)

Ten-wheelers were usually required as helpers for northbound freights ascending the grade out of Austin in 1947.

Numerically straight K4 #5432 still works PRSL trains during the summer season.

Reading Pacifics wait for work at the Atlantic City end of the PRSL system. Summer season trains from Philadelphia kept these modern yet obsolete steam engines in service a bit longer than they o... (more)

A veteran Southern Pacific GS-4 backs down the Bataan Memorial Trainway which permits passage under the streets of El Paso.

Seaboard Air Line 0-6-0 #1103 at Atlanta, GA in May, 1951. Photo (616 negative) by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Standing on the embankment next to the small yard at Hammonton allows this perspective of Reading G3 Pacifics serving to augment the added trainsets for summer service trains from Philly to Atlant... (more)