On a damp and mostly cloudy fall morning, CSX single-stack intermodal Q130 tops the Sand Patch grade in its namesake village. In just a few hundred yards, the two engines will back off into dynami... (more)
On the return trip from Jim Thorpe to Port Clinton, the fireman works the stoker (a.k.a. a coal scoop and foot pedal) to bring pressure up for the run up Hometown Hill, a long and hard climb which... (more)
Now drifting downgrade, R&N 425 has just met one of the day's Hometown High Bridge trains at Ametek, on the west side of Nesquehoning. The fall colors were ablaze in the Lehigh Valley on this day.
On a crystal-clear and incredibly colorful fall day, Reading & Northern Pacific 425 puts on a jaw-dropping show on her run from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe for the October 11th Autumn Leaf Special.... (more)
After the cancellation of the very highly anticipated Atlanta-Toccoa round trips the weekend prior, Southern 4501 returns to Chattanooga under steam one last time on NS rails in 2015 in style--by ... (more)