Welcome Back 1309, indeed. This is the site of the "#9 Slide" that put the railroad out of connection with Frostburg in 2016, but opened up a tree tunnel for photos once repaired. I sp... (more)
The repainted #501 (ex-CR/PC/PRR #2249) sits with ex-CDAC #450 (nee-AMTK #380) supplying air for the passenger train.
Original WM 7471 sits at the depot with the passenger consist of the TRAINS Magazine photo charter. The fire department is on hand to supply water for #1309.
#1309 charges up the grade passing the #9 slide. An untold amount of thank-you's need to be given for this to have happened.
#1309 is on the interchange track along Canal Place. An untold amount of thank-you's need to be given for this to have happened.
Night moves.
This branch diverges off the SCFE Fort Pierce Subdivision and heads out as far as the Domino Sugar plant in Okeelanta, crossing this bypass connector between Clewiston & Lake Harbor. Trains can b... (more)
Power for the defunct Royal Palm Experience sits waiting disposition following the end of operations in Lake County. Quite likely the final attempt to run an excursion train in these parts.
With a day's run of excursions complete, #942 is heading down to Barn 4 for the night, passing one of the active wigwags. OERM is now known as Southern California Railway Museum.
Having completed an Amtrak special run from Houston, the two ATSF-painted units detach from the train and head into the museum grounds.
Night fever.
A Santa Fe "caboose hop" on the remnants of the California Southern Railway, which once went all the way to San Diego from here.
Restored #108 (which ran as #98 when the GP60M models arrived) is one of the jewels you can find running at the former Orange Empire Railway Museum. They rotate what runs every weekend, but you c... (more)
A badly tagged geometry car (91) is heading east.
