Departing Ellamore. Re-creating her days as a Middlefork Railroad Locomotive, Cass Climax #9 hauls a coal train past the "Ellamore" town limit. The real Ellamore is located on Co... (more)

Shifting hoppers. The newly restored Climax #9 is seen here shifting some hoppers within the Cass Yard, as she works to make up her photo freight for the day. The lettering on the new Cli... (more)

Shifting hoppers. Moore-Keppel Climax #9 takes on the role of yard goat on a misty morning, shifting coal hoppers and making up the train she'll pull later in the day. This particular hopp... (more)

An encounter along the Greenbrier. A West Virginia farmer doing some late fall maintenance on his property in Wanless, WV encounters a coal train, running along the Greenbrier River, with a... (more)

Running the Greenbrier River. The former Moore-Keppel Co. Climax #6.....now Cass Scenic Railroad #9, hauls a demonstration coal train up the old C&O main, on the shores of the Greenbrier Ri... (more)

Freshly delivered! In a scene reminiscent of the way in which small railroads once celebrated the arrival of new power, the crew of Moore-Keppel Climax #6 poses with their newly delivered.... (more)

Volcanic! We steam photographers love a good plume, and no single locomotive type produces a classic Vesuvian plume as reliably as a Shay. Here, we find the 1905 vintage Shay #5, the olde... (more)

Almost heaven.... There are very few places left in the world where on any given day, you can expect to see 3-5 hot steam locomotives. You can count those places on the fingers of one han... (more)

Climax over Leatherbark Creek. Darkening the sky like an approaching storm, the former Moore-Keppel & Co. Climax #6 charges toward the short trestle over Leatherbark Creek, just outside the... (more)

Locomotive "William Crooks.". The locomotive "William Crooks" has the distinction of not only being the first steam locomotive to operate in the State of Minnesota, but also one of the last... (more)

Locomotive "Minnetonka." The 0-4-0, wood-burning, Saddle Tanker "Minnetonka" was the first locomotive to see service for the Northern Pacific Railway. Weighing a scant 1... (more)

Passenger Service to Two Harbors. DM&IR #332 charges north through the small town of Larsmont, at 30 mph track speed, hauling the North Shore Scenic Railroad's 10AM Passenger Special bound... (more)

On the Big Sucker High Bridge. Through a break in the trees, we see DM&IR 332 hauling her Railfan Weekend Passenger Special across the high bridge over Big Sucker Creek, under a threatening... (more)

Passing the "green pond". DM&IR #332 charges past the algae-covered, "green pond" just west of Palmers, MN, on local freight run from Duluth to Two Harbors.

Mixed train to Two Harbors. Our S&B Productions photo train morphed a couple of times during her trip from Duluth to Two Harbors and back. Initially, she hauled a freight train consist and... (more)