Steamtown is in full bloom this Winter as former CN #3254 rounds the curve at Elmhurst during the annual Ice Harvest train excursion to Tobyhanna.

An impressive plume on the steepest section of the railway.

Smoke billows heavily out of 1225 as her speed is reduced heading into Alma, MI. Shadows from the early evening sun create the illusion of the power lines bending into the smoke.

With the thermometer hovering near zero and the sun just over the horizon, a single QJ steams out of the dawn towards Lindong. Only the photographer, his guide and driver witnessed this specatacl... (more)

Backlighting highlights the exhaust plume as an empty ore train departs Proctor Yard on a bitter cold morning (-18F, -40F windchill).