With a cacophony of stack talk, Reading T1 4-8-4 #2102 crests the grade and splits the signals at CP Haucks heading north to Jim Thorpe, PA on 9/3/22.

It's 9:00 am and Reading & Northern #2102 heads north with 18 coaches in tow for Jim Thorpe, PA on 9/3/22 with its fourth Iron Horse Ramble.

Norfolk & Western #475 races across the Flats with a small mixed train in tow as the sun pierces the cool morning air over the hills to the East.

R&N #2102 rounds the curve at Nesquehoning Junction on October 14, 2023 as she wyes the Fall Foliage special across the Lehigh River outside of Jim Thorpe, PA. .

To end our day traveling west into Pocahontas country we catch NS 7528 again, this time on the Christiansburg Division, haulin' the mail east to Roanoke, VA near Rich Creek, VA.

At about 7:30 am Engineman Jim Rice gives a tug to the throttle of #90 and headed East on the morning of July 26, 2020. If you were running or firing a steam locomotive, you'd be smiling too.

SRC #90 makes up time as she speeds toward Esbenshade Crossing in the late afternoon light of a fall day.

"Lines": CNJ #113 surrounded by heavy jointed rail stomped through Cressona Yard on November 30, 2019 hauling a Reading & Northern Santa Claus Special.

Seen from the viewing platform running along the inner wall of the roundhouse, Baldwin Locomotive Works #26 simmers prior to a day of hauling yard shuttle trains at Steamtown National Historic Sit... (more)

Engineman Ryan Bausher tends to #2102's fire on the afternoon of July 2, 2022 within the former CNJ yard at Jim Thorpe, PA.

Engineman Ross Gochenaur has just flipped the switch onto "Main 1" and walks back to his seat while inspecting his steed prior to another day on the high iron.

A heavy freight climbs the S curves outside of the John Farm in Shawsville, Virginia on April 12, 2020. This is the former N&W mainline over the Christiansburg Mountain Division. The family at the... (more)

Fall on the Blacksburg Division of the Norfolk & Western is in full swing as M Class #475 makes haste with a fast freight bound for the Roanoke. Steam provided by the Strasburg Rail Road.

Local landowners look on with great intent since word has reached their ears that a steam locomotive has returned to the former Reading mainline. Working hard on the last two tenths of a mile to c... (more)

Engineer Shane Frederickson warms up ex-GM&O #425's cross compound air pump on the cold morning of December 24, 2019.