On Saturday May 25th, me and a few friends had the pleasure to ride on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Excursion Train powered by 2-8-2 JS Class Steam Locomotive. We all got to ride in the Rock... (more)
After running around their train at Fraser, the first excursion train of the day returns back into Boone, Iowa passing the depot and train order signal.
Fireman Joseph Magee shovels coal into the firebox of Boone & Scenic Valley #8419, a 2-8-2 JS Class Chinese Built Steam Locomotive.
Spencer Vaughn puts water into 8419's tender after returning from Fraser to Boone, Iowa on the first excursion trip of the day. They will do another trip later on at 4:00pm to Fraser and back agai... (more)
On board the Rock Island Caboose, we see CCW Car Number 50 return back to the station after running through Boone east of the station. Car 50 was built by the McGuire-Cummings Company of Paris, Il... (more)
Taken with permission. Minneapolis & St. Louis ALCO RS-1 sits in the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad shops in Boone, IA. The unit will operate on excursions once again on Sunday and during t... (more)
A Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad crew member poses next to a 2-8-2 JS Chinese Built Steam Locomotive that has returned to Boone from Fraser.
A special B&SV dinner train charter works its way up the hill at Pilcher's.
JS 8419 smokes it up leaving Fraser with a special NRHS excursion.
Throttle on the left side? Yep, on B&SV's Chinese-built Mikado, the only one of its type running in the U.S.
JS 8419 is being prepared for a special NRHS Convention excursion.
This is the face of steam railroading in the 21st Century! An imported Chinese steamer pulls a colorful consist across a former interurban bridge in central Iowa.
A crewman prepares B&SV 2-8-2 8419 for a day out on the line.
Inside the cab of B&SV's Chinese 2-8-2, built by Datong in 1988.
No. 8419 performs a photo runby during a special NRHS convention charter.
