Sheepscot Valley narrow gauge. The north wind is whipping and the air is frigid as officials from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway ride the varnish on a "Director's Speci... (more)

Waking up the Sheepscot Valley. Just past 7AM on a mid-winter morning, the residents of Maine's Sheepscot Valley awaken to the staccato exhaust beats of a narrow gauge mixed train as it mak... (more)

Crossing Deep River Creek. Just three days before Christmas, and with just two days of operations left, the Valley Railroad's Locomotive #97 kicks off a busy Saturday of North Pole Express ... (more)

Portrait of a pretty Porter. Here's a pretty shot of a pretty Porter in sunset light on the west side of the Edaville Family Theme Park. Edaville Railroad Locomotive #11, once a static disp... (more)

Edaville Railroad #11. Here's a close-up of Edaville #11 as she approaches the station area in South Carver, MA. This engine began life as a 30" gauge, Porter saddle-tanker which worke... (more)

Cranberry country. A late afternoon excursion at the Edaville Family Theme Park's annual Christmas Festival of Lights circles the Turtle Creek Reservoir on the west side of the park, with a... (more)

Massachusetts' only steam railroad. The words "Massachusetts" and "steam" are not often used in the same sentence. Other than the 2-foot gauge Edaville Railroad in Sout... (more)

The "Cranberry Belt Line." In its early days, the Edaville Railroad referred to itself as the "Cranberry Belt Line" as Developer Ellis D. Atwood originally built his 2-f... (more)

Rare mileage excursion. On the last day of the 2023 Christmas Festival of Lights, the folks at Edaville Railroad elected to offer a double-header steam special and give the patrons an oppor... (more)

Stealing one at West Penn. The Reading & Northern's big T-1 Locomotive #2102 makes her charge through the tiny borough of West Penn, PA, taking her 15-car, fall colors train north toward Ji... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Line. Along much of its route, Valley Railroad trains are seldom far from water. The line runs next to the Connecticut River as well as by and over several tributarie... (more)

The Western & Atlantic "Texas". On display at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, GA is one of the two surviving locomotives of a relatively insignificant Civil War incident w... (more)

A little fall color at Trout Brook. A little fall color is in evidence as Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Locomotive #9 charges through the boxed pony truss bridge over Trout Bro... (more)

Trout Brook Turn. Crew members from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum turn their Locomotive #9 on the little turntable at Trout Brook Station, assisted by a couple of pa... (more)

High plains drifter. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local rolls across the high plains of eastern Kansas, just east of Abilene, at sunrise.

This image depicts AT&SF 3415, a Class 3400 P... (more)