Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 disturbs the morning calm at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia. Loaded coal hoppers trail back as far as the eye can see.

Before its later makeover, a somewhat neglected depot at Thurmond, West Virginia starts to shake as Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 thunders past.

Southern Pacific 4449 has arrived in Taylor Yard and is swarmed by employees and railfans.

After stopping to repair an overheated bearing on one of the driver wheels, SP 4449 starts to move again towards the summit on Cajon Pass. This was the day of the famous race up the pass between ... (more)

Emissions from the stack of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 trail back over its train loaded with West Virginia coal. The westbound train is negotiating the S-curve approaching Thurmond, West Virginia... (more)

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)

Is it real or is it a model railroad diorama? N&W 611 is rolling southbound through Gretna VA returning to Greensboro NC from Lynchburg VA. Assisting 611 is the NS 8099 ES44AC Southern Heritage un... (more)

As preparations for the first run of the day are being made, a member of 611's crew is looking things over while another climbs down out of the cab.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Second day across the TC&W, second runby after lunch....and it was amazing.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

After a successful weekend of running tips out of the Twin Cities, Milwaukee Road 261 crosses over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis on their way back to their home shop.

261's crew prepares to layover for the night for the next day's excursions, while us foamers were busy photographing the locomotive.

Reading T-1 No. 2124 performing a runby at Port Clinton 60 years ago, in a scene scanned from an Ektachrome slide from the collection of the late Mr. Hen Westenberger. Looks like the switch is li... (more)