A class 24 Berskshire has just crested the grade and is dropping down toward Cullinan. The 24th class 2-8-4's were used all over South Africa on lightly built branch lines. Here we see No. 3664 ... (more)

The crew of Pere Marquette 1225 have finished their inspection and are chatting while the passengers board at the Owosso Depot.

Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! Having conquered the Montagu Pass, they are drifting downgrade into amazing suns... (more)

BNSF 8295 leads an eastbound stack train over Diablo Canoyon Bridge.

Before the 25NC's took over, 15CA 4-8-2's ruled the Bethlehem line. ALCO built No. 2056 turns back the clock nearly 50 years as it climbs away from Slabberts.

The sun is setting as the two standard mainline engines of South Africa, a 15F 4-8-2 and a 25NC 4-8-4 team up to haul our heavy tour train towards Bethlehem, on the old Bloemfontein to Bethlehem m... (more)

UP's weekly potash train is about to enter Bootlegger Canyon on the Cane Creek sub.

McCloud caboose 102 is carrying a nice set of WP markers for this final run in from Nebraska curve.

It takes three JS class Mikados to bring 11 loaded gons up the Chengde bank.

Extra 497 West heads across the flats west of Antonito, with 484 cut in as the mid train helper. Compare this with shots by John West, taken 30 years earlier. Railroad: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Antonito, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CTS 497
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 25, 1992

Ex-Missippian #41 arrives at Big Valley with an Alberta Prairie mixed train.

K-36 no. 482 pops into view, heading up the Animas River towards Cascade on a freight charter.

Built in 1911, this NG4 class Pacific tank is one of the first seven narrow gauge (2' gauge) locomotives built for South Africa. Recently overhauled, today is its first run and it leaks a bit in ... (more)

The Sandstone Estates Steam Railway is a private railway on a large farm near Ficksburg. The equipment is mostly from former SAR 2 foot gauge lines. Mikado No 17 was last used on the Avontuur li... (more)

Former UP #618 passes by a Saltaire boxcar in the siding at Charleston.