The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum's photo freight makes a morning run-by for assembled photographers to kick off their Annual Picnic event. The freight left early in the morni... (more)

Stop, Look, Listen! A late afternoon freight train from the WW&F bears down on the unpaved crossing at the tiny station in Alna Center, Maine. This is just one of many classic scenes play... (more)

Two foot to Wiscasset! If you want postcard pictures of the two-foot freight trains that once represented the lifelines of Maine's rural communities, there is only one place you can go. ... (more)

A machine room on wheels. That's my first impression every time I see a Shay Locomotive. The vertical cylinders, the massive drive shaft, the open gearing and the steam wafting out everyw... (more)

Operation Lifesaver train, northbound to La Salle, Colorado.

Annual Frontier Days rodeo train, bound for Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Climbing out of the Wisconsin River valley, a WSOR special passes a backdrop CNW used for publicity shots. Of course, the foliage didn't exist in those days as it does here, mostly obliterating a... (more)

58 311, the former prussian state railway engine and currently in private ownership, came back into the home in former east-germany for a few days. The locomotive went over the steep ramp west of ... (more)

Waiting for departure. 498 022 (The Albatros) and 486 007 (also an 4-8-2 engine, named The Green Anton) together in Usti nad Labem main station. It's really rare to have these machines together on... (more)

As the sunset approaches, Western Maryland Shay #6 returns to downtown Elkins after a special excursion to Kelly Mountain Tunnel. In July of 2008, Shay 6 and a mixed consist of cars from the Cas... (more)

This is actually the fastest operational steam locomotive of the world. The engine can reach a maximum speed of 180 km/h. Sorry, I can`t say this in mph. This engine belongs to the privat owner Da... (more)

A Nevada Northern ore train approaches the lower tunnel in Robinson Canyon during a snow shower. While most of the Nevada Northern Railway runs through a wide, flat valley, this 9-mile stretch r... (more)

Whether hauling trains or switching in the yard, the primary power at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum these days is this 1956-vintage SD9. Not native to the Nevada Northern, she's an ex-South... (more)