SL&RG #18 (ex LS&I #18) climbs the steeper east side of La Veta Pass, about a half mile below the summit at Fir, on a Steam Loco Safari Tour photo freight.

If you ever wondered what fall in New England might have looked like when steam ruled the rails, you need to visit the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in October. This railroad... (more)

Special train organised by trains.hu.

2-6-2 tank engine Eb 3/5 with the 1930' vintage cars in a mix of fog and morning sun, on the way to Berne, Thun and Interlaken. The beautiful steamlocomotive was built by SLM in 1912 and withdrawn... (more)

The setting sun shines through the cab of the powerful Berk as she pulls a heavy freight south through rural Michigan towards Owosso.

The shadows of the River Dee are illuminated by late summer evening sunlight, reflected off the side of a local passenger train approaching Glyndyfrdwy in the Vale of Llangollen. Thanks to Richard... (more)

There may be more spectacular places in the world to see a steam locomotive in action, but I'd venture there are none more beautiful than Berwyn. The River Dee cascades over falls overlooked by th... (more)

It's a 300 mile round trip from 'Armitage Grange' to the SVR. I had previously 'recce'd' this wonderful location but it was the usual story, right place, right locomotive, wrong weather. In the ev... (more)

475 blows down before making a photo run for a Historic Transport Presevation charter.

Pere Marquette 1225 is silhouetted against the setting sun on the last runby of the afternoon on an Historic Transportation Preservation photo charter.

Smoke on the Water. Glint, water, plume and a bridge, this is a favorite from the line for me. Click to full size for an image that has a 3-D like quality. The backlighting provides the d... (more)

Dumping slag

What attracted gricers from around the world to this obscure line was this viaduct, which had an almost surreal quality about it, especially in the hazy lighting that is typical of this area due t... (more)