Here you see some snow, Grand Central Terminal, the Chrysler building and an eagle statue that is older than either of the buildings. The eagle was some of the garnishment of the previous Grand Ce... (more)

The DeWitt Clinton and C&O 1601 composite the greatest display of alpha and omega design I have ever seen. Any observer can grasp the genealogy of steam locomotive engineering with this tableau. ... (more)

"NYC 4083 is a one-of-a-kind locomotive that New York Central painted in the experimental “Century Green” paint scheme. It was one one of three units, in an A-B-A set which received the s... (more)

C&O No.614 does a screaming run-by in Port Jervis, NY with Ross Rowland at the throttle. Those were great trips. May 614 do so again!

LIRR's No. 423 is at walking speed out of the Long Island City, Queens, New York Passenger Yard on it's way to pick up it's load of commuters at the railroads Hunterspoint Avenue station about 200... (more)

CPR 2929 and CPR 1246 are on the turntable in Riverside Vermont during the Steamtown Railfan Weekend October 24, 1981. CPR 1246 is providing the steam for No. 2929 who has not run since the 1950's... (more)

A 70,000 lbs coal hopper car has been shoved on it's side so that the trucks could be harvested for a now aborted 3 foot narrow gauge passenger car build. This affords a seldom seen under side vie... (more)

One of the scenic highlights of the eastern United States is the Lehigh River Gorge north of Jim Thorpe PA. Here, steep hills (for the east at least) were cleaved by the Lehigh River. In the 1800'... (more)

Yes Virginia, those are Conrail SW1500 switchers in Oak Point Yard in the Bronx, New York. Shrugging off the late winter chill, they are waiting by the NEC to finish up the day's work.

The operator is outside unlocking the turntable. Shortly he will be in to twist the handle and line up 1225. He will have to use his lantern to signal the crew this dark night. (Actually just anot... (more)

Super Big Boy Moon. Thanks to Mitch for the astronomical heads up. Photo taken by permission

AMTK 602 Siemens ACS-64 was just being broken in at this time. There are not many shots of these locomotives broadside and only one or two in this paint.

Here you see Reading Railroad 4-8-4 No. 2124 just outside Steamtown's paint shop. Most famous for pulling the Reading Rambles in 1959-1961, No.2124 is in the final stages of its Steamtown asbestos... (more)

You can go back in time! Many thanks to Peter Lerro and his hard-working crew for putting on great night photo shoot.

The "Pocono Volcano" has been unleashed! That's what I call Steamtown's Canadian National No. 3254. The locomotive has started it's train with 390 happy passengers right on "The Hill", the 1.5% gr... (more)