Everett's Mogul-type No. 11 is slowing its 3-car 12:00 noon Santa Claus Special to a stop. No. 11 was built by Alco-Cooke in 1920 on speculation and sat on the shop floor until 1923, when it was ... (more)

The R&N 425 and CNJ 113 are catching the last rays of a late November sun as they storm out of Cressona Yard, returning to Minersville.

The Minersville Santa Claus Special is blasting out of Cressona's yard, catching the last rays of the sun at 3:30 p.m. on a cold November afternoon.

Everett's No. 11 is whistling for the crossing near the Franciscan Friars Monastery, while pulling a sold-out Santa Claus Special.

No. 11 is heading east from the enginehouse in Duncansville to Hollidaysburg Station to board passengers for the first Santa Claus Special of the day. With frost visible on the tie-tops, the steam... (more)

The 12:00 train with No. 475 tender-first meets the returning 11:30 train with No. 89 at Groff's. Sometimes I take the Strasburg for granted, but where else can you see a meet between immaculatel... (more)

The CNJ 113 is passing the old Reading RR station at about 25 mph, on its return trip with the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special. The station served as the borough hall for a number of years, and was... (more)

The CNJ 113 rumbles along Railroad Street with the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special from Minersville. The ground is literally shaking under the 168-ton weight (engine and tender) of this massive 0-6... (more)

The CNJ 113 has things well in hand on the return trip of the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special to Minersville. The only operating anthracite burner extant was built by Alco in 1923 and worked for th... (more)

Everett's No. 11 is pulling the 3-car 10:00 a.m. train to Brooks Mill. Four trains were scheduled, with all four sold out. No. 11 was built by Alco-Cooke in 1920 on speculation and sat on the shop... (more)

Everett's No. 11 on its way to the siding at Brooks Mill with the sold-out 10:00 a.m. train. No. 11 was built on speculation by Alco-Cooke in Paterson, NJ in 1920 and sat on the shop floor until ... (more)

An unlikely doubleheader of a 4-6-2 & 0-6-0 is pulling the 11:00 a.m. train back to Minersville; one of three trains operated that day. The 425 was built for the Gulf, Mobile, and Northern by Bal... (more)

Pan view of No. 90, illustrating the see-through effect on a typical Decapod, with its firebox and boiler located well above the frame. Today, this location is occupied by the "Cherry Crest ... (more)

2014's SCS passes under a old coal tipple at Roaring Fork near Wakenva, Virginia.

Merry Christmas. A little snow would make this the perfect Christmas card scene. WK&S 0-6-0T 65 emerges from the woods and passes between an ex-Reading crossing shanty and a house made to l... (more)