Somewhere near the South Shore Line interchange at Miller, IN. an eastbound local passes with B&O Q4b 4611 in charge.

Chomping at the bit, NKP 752 sits on the ready track in front of the yard office, waiting to back down to her train and hit the high iron.

New York Central U2b 0-8-0 7478 sits over the ashpit at the engine facility at Englewood. On the left is NYC S1b 4-8-4 6001. This locomotive was built in 1946 and it looked like it hadn't been mai... (more)

The Dogwood Special I ran from Atlanta to Chattanooga, a distance of approximately 115 miles each way. The power for this trip was C&O K4 class 2-8-4 2716, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1944. ... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 Class K-9 1291 was built in 1900 by Rhode Island Locomotive Works as Savannah Florida & Western 113. She had 72" drivers, 19 x 28 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 200 l... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 Class K-5 941 was built in 1906 by Burnham, Williams & Co. She had 64" drivers, 20 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 185 lbs, and produced 25,553 lbs of tractive ef... (more)

The Peninsular Railfans Club promoted a trip on the Atlantic Coast Line on May 1, 1949. The trip was headed by ACL 4-6-2 427, one of 45 P-3 Class locomotives built in 1914 by the Baldwin Locomotiv... (more)

Seaboard Air Line 2-8-0 No. 998 was the last of 20 C-120-H Class locomotives built by Burnham, Williams & Co in July, 1904. These small locomotives were never superheated. They had 57" drivers, 21... (more)

Christmas vacation from high school in 1955 included a visit to Illinois Central's Markham yard on Chicago's south side. We headed for the engine terminal where we found a good number of live stea... (more)

N&W 1218 waits at Fargo, Ga to meet NS 8583 south. Today's excursion is the Suwanee Steam Special, a round trip to Valdosta Georgia, a distance of 106.5 timetable miles.

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. GTW 6335 moves away from the coaling tower. No... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 765 is waiting to leave the Chattanooga Choo-Choo with the return trip of the Autumn Leaves Special from Chattanooga to Atlanta. NKP 765 is substituting for C&O 2716, down for ma... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Florida East Coast 4-6-0 35, Class 28, was one of 12 Schenectady built 4-6-0s built in 1897. FEC 35 had 63" drivers, 18 x 24 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 180 lbs, and produced 18,885 lbs of ... (more)

Strasburg 90 is a 2-10-0 built in 1924 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railroad to the company's mill in Loveland, Colorado. The Stras... (more)