I spent a lot of time between photo locations studying this exact view. It's really amazing, the faith put in that locking pin and that coupler knuckle... World's strongest handshake, indeed.

With time running low on their hours of service, the crew of 10N waits paitently at Cresson in Norfolk Southern's newest heritage locomotive for their head-end helper to arrive as a westbound trai... (more)

Through the S-curve at Rock River with 4014 in the lead, the special train to Ogden continues west across Wyoming.

Heading east with the rising sun, Norfolk and Western M-class #475 makes its way through the Amish countryside, bound for Paradise to pick up some revenue freight.

Making its first big show, the special to Ogden passes through the cut at Speer.

Safety First- While Ed Dickens and his crew tend to their steed, a steel Blue Flag protects the locomotive from movement. A medallion bearing the photo of each crew member with a tag beari... (more)

After a long day of running up and down the Greenbrier Valley, Moore-Keppel #3 cools its heels in the Durbin yard. Lighting by Chase Gunnoe.

Trundling through central Wisconsin farm fields with a Pumpkin Harvest special, a tired Army Baldwin heads up the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum's fleet of ex-Lackawanna Boonton commuter coaches, p... (more)

Looking a bit like Humpty Dumpty, Shay #2 is seen here inside the locomotive shop at Cass, West Virginia, awaiting the completion of its rebuild.

One of the most famous steam locomotives in Hollywood, Virginia & Truckee #22, "Inyo, has starred in at least 35 film and television productions. Perhaps most notably, "Inyo" masqueraded as the W... (more)

Allegheny Reminders- The whine of dynamic brakes fills the air as WAJO makes its way down the eastern slope of Kane Hill. Originally surmounted by the Philadelphia & Erie, trains have bee... (more)

Carefully preserved inside the Rolling Stock Hall, a circa 1905 PRR H6sb heads up a short period freight train at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Framed by an open door at the rolling mill of McDonald Steel, a weary LTEX yard goat carefully backs over the mill road crossing after spotting our 80-tonner on one of the mill sidings. Taken with... (more)

Meet at Laws- It's an unusually busy night on the Keeler Branch, and we find Southern Pacific #9 pulled into the stub-end siding to clear for a southbound #18. The engineer on #9 conversed ... (more)