Digging into the grade and making their voices heard, a trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s lugs Monessen coke upgrade on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh main line. The train will recrew in Punxsutawne... (more)

Running light back to Titusville after suffering some main bearing problems, Scott Symans is at the throttle of his pride and joy, on Oil Creek & Titusville rails for the first time.

California, 1943- a female hostler has just finished tending to P-8 Pacific #2467 inside the Sacramento Roundhouse. Soon the husky Pacific will be backed out, serviced, and assigned to a troop tr... (more)

With rods down and the famous Helmstetter's Farm barn in the background, Mountain Thunder drifts back down to Cumberland.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rockets across the Utah desert near Green River on the former Denver & Rio Grande.

Even on the third straight day of excursions, the 611 doesn't fail to draw a crowd! Hundreds of people line the tracks clear through the yard, and on both sides of the street behind me.

Trundling across the fields of Southern Ohio, #3 is about to cross under US Route 33 on its way to Logan and end of track for the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway.

Rumbling along ex-Erie trackage following the slow babble of French Creek, ME-1 returns to Meadville with its pick-ups from Oil City and Rouseville in tow.

Making a stop for a much-needed late night drink, we see C-19 #346 cooling her heels at the ironically-named "No Agua" tank. Photo taken at the night photo shoot at the Colorado Railroad Museu... (more)

Glistening in the afternoon sun, Virginia & Truckee 25 backs out of the shop yard and onto the main at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

With Old Glory flying from the marker brackets, 611 leads the Pelican out of Salem, VA. Soon she and her 21 cars will be tackling the Christiansburg Grade unassisted.

Returning to Topton after leaving the excursion consist at Kutztown, the current freight roster of the Allentown & Auburn passes "CP SCUM" (affectionately named for the green pond in the foregroun... (more)

Bound for Saint Helena with a trainload of happy wine enthusiasts, Napa Valley Railroad's ex-Southern Pacific RS-11 leads the head-end power car and a MILW FPA-4 through California Wine Country.

With an exceptionally heavy Johnsonburg turn, Buffalo & Pittsburgh GP38-2 #2031 grinds upgrade into Clarendon Heights, bound for Sheffield, Kane, and points south.

While being readied for the day, CN 89's fireman performs the daily ritual of the blow-down, thus clearing any deposits from the boiler.