The calm before the storm. RBMN 425 sits patiently by the ex-CNJ station in Jim Thorpe before pulling a round-tirp excursion to Pittston the next day while Tropical Storm Hanna drenches the area.
CN #89 gets her fill after a long day of pulling freight for a Lerro charter.
After much debate about what to do for my 500th accepted photo, I decided to go back to the beginning. My first accepted shot was a night shot (Railroad: Reading & NorthernLocomotive: Steam 4-6-2Location: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: RBMN 425Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 05, 2008
Freshly repainted WM GP9 number 25 backs on to its short train for the trip back down to Cumberland.
A fisherman concentrates on the waters of Lake Manalapan as newly repainted NS 5269 brings the Freehold local over the bridge. A special thanks goes out to Rick, the fisherman and for the crew of ... (more)
Officer in Charge...Steam Locomotives. Strasburg in a nutshell.
A brakeman waits patiently with his train while CN 7312 moves a couple of cars around the yard.
These artifacts of railroad history haven't seen action in years but with a little bit of magic, who would know?
New Hope and Ivyland's Polar Express struggles to keep her grip on the icy rails during wintry mix.
Before I used flood lights, I had just one strobe light to work with. This was my first successful night action photo.
Truly a dirty job. Its nearly midnight and the shop crew are hard at work to fix a broken spring on the trailing truck under the still red hot firebox.
Both CP 2317 and CN 3254 simmer in the roundhouse after a long day of festivities during the Lackawanna Festival Weekend
From atop the tender, the fireman of MILW 261 looks on at the passing train.
Strasburg Rail Road 90 gets some TLC inside the enginehouse on a warm spring day.
Strasburg Rail Road 0-6-0 No. 7312 is blown down at the Strasburg enginehouse prior to the first run of the day.
