Time-travelers. A Northern Central Railway passenger train slows for a station stop in the very aptly named Pennsylvania Borough of "Railroad." Back in the 1860s, this train woul... (more)

Sunset on the Pere Marquette. Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 leads a long, double-headed freight through Smith's Crossing on the Great Lakes Central Railroad, as the train barrels toward i... (more)

The Forecast: Increasing cloudiness....with a chance of cindershowers. A sparking clear morning suddenly becomes a low overcast, as a pair of 400-ton, Lima Berkshire Locomotives charge thr... (more)

Classic Carland....with a twist. Anyone who has made the journey out to Owosso Michigan knows that the classic, must-have image is that of a big Berkshire Locomotive charging past the class... (more)

Two of a kind. In a relatively rare display, both of the extant, operable Lima Berkshire Locomotives strike a side-by-side power-pose with freights in the yard of the Great Lakes Central Ra... (more)

Moving goods through the heartland. A farmer checking his mailbox pauses to observe the passage of a Nickel Plate freight as it heads west, hauling the goods that drive the American economy... (more)

800 tons of Berkshire muscle. Shortly after dawn, Nickel Plate Road #765 and Pere Marquette #1225 charge across the lush farmland of Henderson, Michigan with a 31-car freight consist during... (more)

One last run. On the last day of steam operations for 2020, Valley Railroad Mikado #40 makes one last charge to North Chester with her final trip of the year. Here, she is seen working upg... (more)

A colorful tree-tunnel. Valley Railroad Mikado #40 kicks off the final day of steam passenger operations on the Valley Railroad, hauling a string of 7 heavyweights north through a colorful ... (more)

A touch of color on the Valley Line. Although the leaf-drop has begun in earnest, there are still some flashes of color along the Valley Railroad's well-traveled right-of-way as Mikado #40 ... (more)

It's a long way down..... This image, made back in 2008, gives you the view that Mt. Washington Cog Railway passengers have as they descend Cold Spring Hill, just below the Waumbek Water Ta... (more)

All but forgotten: MWRC #1 "Mt. Washington". Tucked away behind the engine shed at the Cog Railway's shop complex sits an old soldier that has long since been put out to pasture. ... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 3: Safely home. With the shop crew already milling around their wounded locomotive, MWRC #2 is now safely tucked away in the Cog Railway's shop building. Moments fr... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 2: The transfer table. For many decades, the Cog Railway's steam locomotives have resided in the row of stalls you see to the left, behind the locomotive. They are ... (more)

Putting #2 away - Part 1. The process of putting one of the Cog Railway's steam engines away in the shop building is one that most rail enthusiasts never see. For one thing, it's just not... (more)