"Running in a winter wonderland!" Not everyone's idea of New York City's subway, here you see a R-188 MU set bounding through the snow in bucolic surroundings. The number 5 line, while going throu... (more)

"Cedar Rapids" brings up the rear of a Train Festival 2009 excursion pulled by SP 4449. In 1948 it was built with three siblings by the Milwaukee Road. CMO K.F. Nystrom supervised the building of ... (more)

Reading FP7's 903 and 902 are arriving back in Steamtown and will soon drop off their passengers after a successful run to the Gap with the Founder's Day Special. CN 3377 and two Lackawanna MU's ... (more)

The Chambers Street Station of the J & M lines is an unusual example of the type. It was built in 1911 to handle a great deal of traffic. The reason for the great height of the ceiling was to all... (more)

Snow storm Jonas was New York City's second biggest snow fall ever recorded. In spite of that, Amtrak kept it's NYC-Albany Empire Service going. Here 713 is slowly pulling west in Sunnyside Yard a... (more)

3254's engineer and brakeman get ready to pull back with it's passenger train during the first snow and last run of the season. They will set out the cars, turn 3254 on the table, and lay up the 9... (more)

Here is the Federal Railroad Administration's No. 217 Office of Safety vehicle AKA Track Geometry car. I did not know of it's existence. It is seen here on Amtrak's National Train Day, May 8, 2010... (more)

You never know what you will find on the shop garden tracks at Steamtown. Today there are two immaculate "Lackawanna" F-3's, and coupled elephant style no less. Built by EMD for the Bangor & Aroos... (more)

A home-road boxed in Fairmont speeder contrasts with one of the two greatest speedsters in USA interurban history. On the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee, Electroliner MU 803-804 did 5 round trip... (more)

Steamtown's CP 2317 Pacific with the "Scranton Limited" is passing the former DL&W Scranton station which is now a upscale hotel. Engineer Seth Corwin is making the engine bark as he accelerates t... (more)

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (the Nickel Plate Road) No.514 Owners: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad #514; Norfolk & Western Railway #2514; Norfolk Southern #2514. Builder: Electr... (more)

The Catskill Mountain Railway is an active group and I believe that soon this lonely Lackawanna MU will be doing what it was made to do. I will ride as soon as possible!

Handsome SD50 5022 leading the Leigh Gorge Scenic Railway back to Jim Thorpe during a soaking downpour while passing the long abandoned Nesquehoning tower. The bridge the train is coming off was e... (more)

Autumn and DL&W autumn colors on home rails under a DL&W signal bridge cannot be beat! Here we see a 2011 Steamtown Scranton to East Stroudsburg round trip in progress with the train eastbound in ... (more)

Two Valley Railroad "North Pole Express" trains get ready for departure from Essex, CT 12/17/2022.

In times past, heritage steam railroads in the USA closed up shop at the end of Oct... (more)