"Student and Teacher": Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino warms up the air pump on N&W M Class #475 as his mentor Engineman Dave Domitrovich, while blowing down Great Western deca... (more)

The Hogger Dave Domitrovich looks intently out of his side window on the former Great Western decapod.

"Meeting of the Minds": Enginemen Aaron Sholley, Dave Domitrovich and Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino chat in the early morning hours inside the enginehouse at East Strasburg a... (more)

"Meeting of the Minds": Enginemen Aaron Sholley, Dave Domitrovich and Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino chat in the early morning hours inside the enginehouse at East Strasburg a... (more)

Engineman, and the morning's hostler, Dave Domitrovich rakes over the coals in the belly of the beast.

A sunny, but wintry day in Paradise.

"Old Rivets" is fresh out of the Strasburg Rail Road shops after a cosmetic restoration into its 1935 one-of-a-kind "widely-spaced stripes" paint scheme. The locomotive, built... (more)

Stable mates: Strasburg ex-N&W No. 475 4-8-0 & Strasburg ex-Great Western No. 90 2-10-0.

The massive Great Western decapod simmers away in her bay in the East Strasburg enginehouse evoking memories of her days preparing to run across the plains of Colorado.

"BLOWDOWN!"

For Engineer Fred Mattison, its just another day on the job...

Engineer Fred Mattison and his Fireman Paul Deevy discuss the day's work for their locomotive, #475, as SRC #90 lets off some steam prior to another day's work.

"Blast off!": Fireman Paul Deevy keeps watch on the crossing at Groff's Grove as N&W #475 makes haste for East Strasburg station on her return trip with the 11:30 am train.

SRC #90 splits the trees in the SRC famed Groundhog Cut as she hustles back to East Strasburg with the 11:00 am train.

A new day has dawned on the Road to Paradise and the low drone of SRC #90's generator is heard among the early morning birds as fireman trainee Shelley Hall pulls on the blowdown valve engulfing t... (more)