Fireman Mark Young eyes the Amish onlookers and household pets, as N&W M Class #475 puts on a steam show rounding Long Curve outside of Paradise, Pennsylvania.

My first visit to the Strasburg Rail Road was as a preschooler in the early 1960’s. I rode behind 0-6-0 31, Strasburg’s first steam locomotive in the “tourist era”. My next visit to Strasb... (more)

"Standing in Awe": A local Amish farmer gazes at N&W J Class locomotive #611 as she chugs by his position along Long Curve outside of Paradise, Pennsylvania. For some families who, for g... (more)

Among the low growing rows of crops, Norfolk & Western J Class #611 hustles back heading west to her terminal and point of origin with a short freight in tow.

Right on schedule, N&W #611 shows off her speed as she races past Beiler's Crossing.

With the use of some camera work, N&W #475 gives #611's speed a run for her money as she makes haste heading west back to East Strasburg with a vintage mixed train in tow.

N&W #611 and her cannon-like exhaust marches around Long Curve outside of Paradise, Pennsylvania hauling a vintage freight train for a photo charter. Notice the scorched tree branches overhanging ... (more)

Engineman Mark Young is along for the ride as N&W M Class #475 coasts out of Leaman Place Junction while N&W J Class #611 simmers away on the siding awaiting clear boards west back to Strasburg, P... (more)

"The Crew": If it were not for the help of these individuals and the many more not pictured here no one would've ever thought for a second that two, live, steaming N&W locomotives would ... (more)

"Two of a Kind": N&W #611 poses next to her little sister N&W #475 at Leaman Place Junction. Even though the 1950 Roanoke product dwarfs the 1906 Baldwin product, I think in a lot of way... (more)

Two N&W locomotives under ex-PRR catenary wires....who would've thought!?

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611. The 611 ... (more)

The early morning silence outside of the Verdant View Farm is broken by the low tone of a Hancock 3 chime and the thunderous roar of N&W J Class locomotive making haste with a freight train across... (more)

"Sunrise with an M": Norfolk & Western M Class #475 briskly follows the jointed rail to the West as she races through the cold crisp October air with a mixed train in tow.

"A Grassroot's Viewfinder": The sun is just beginning to climb over the horizon, but anticipation is building because a J Class locomotive is about to bring a Roanoke wake-up call to the... (more)