Strasburg Rail Road engine 90 works towards Carpenters on the first public excursion of the 2013 season. The weekend saw conditions range from near white out snow squalls to clear skies.

Strasburg Rail Road engine 90 hauls 8 cars upgrade towards Carpenters on the first weekend of excursions for 2013.

Strasburg Rail Road engine 90 works upgrade through Cherry Hill on the first weekend of excursions for 2013.

Strasburg Rail Road engine 90 approaches the Esbenshade Turkey Farm on the first weekend of excursions for 2013.

Rio Grand Scenic 18 digs into the grade of La Veta Pass with its five car train.

Rio Grand Scenic 18 departs Fort Garland with all the sound and fury of a 4-8-4.

Running about 15 minutes late and leaving the Denver skyline behind, the UP 844 and two diesels head up the 2012 addition of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Excursion.

Grey and maroon colors of the DL&W (and its successor the E-L) mingle in Scranton at the end of the day.

A southbound coal train has just topped the first grade out of Holbrook, AZ on its way to snow flake. These trains are often refered to as "Blue Loopers" due to the presence of the cars seen to th... (more)

A southbound coal train passes through a a cattleguard in the late afternoon light.

A 60 car loaded coal train grinds its way upgrade through a series of "S" curves outside its destination of of Snowflake.

Former Los Angeles Railway car 1201 traverses the narrow gauge loop through a suburban setting at the Orange Empire Railway Museum.

The highlight of Orange Empire's narrow gauge collection is a 2-6-0 once owned by Disney animator Ward Kimball. Kimball rescured her from scrap during the great depression and restored her for se... (more)

Fresh from its 1472 day inspection, former Ventura County #2 basks in the afternoon on the mainline while a former Los Angeles Railway streetcar rolls by in the background.

The local cactus population is unimpressed as former Southern Pacific 1474, an Alco S4, solls along in the late afternoon sun.