Earlier this year former Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 number 28 (ex-DM&IR 332) was moved from Cloquet back to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. Cloquet Terminal Railroad had started rest... (more)

Before sunrise on a chilly February 8, 2006, Union Pacific 2-8-0 switches cars at Heber, Utah. A glow to the east is faintly illuminating the snow-covered Wasatch Mountains, as steam rises into th... (more)

Here we see a close up of a Shay engine’s unique gearing arrangement which made the engine the perfect vehicle for logging as it could handle heavy loads, sharp inclines and sharp curves by deli... (more)

The sleek lines of the F9 as demonstrated by the beautifully restored DRGW 5771 in the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Along Colorado’s front range it’s never too late in the season for a spring snowstorm. On a mid-April afternoon, 1967, Santa Fe E8M 81 leads train 28 though a thawing landscape near Larkspur o... (more)

Santa Fe 2130, in from La Junta, idles at the Pueblo engine terminal. By December, 1964, Santa Fe’s 53 Alco RSD5s are running out their final miles in Colorado and New Mexico freight service, as... (more)

February was a month to remember In Southwest Virginia, where heavy snow fall and strong winds created several snow banks along the 55 mile Abingdon Branch. N&W 4-8-0 #382 is captured here edging... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 #972

This engine was built by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Canada on 9/1912 for Canadian Pacific Railway. It was sold on 12/31/1965 to George M. Hart at ... (more)

The Undead

Three engines sit outside at the shop at Strasburg awaiting funds, time and eventual restoration. Captured here on a brisk Winter's day in March, we see primarily, the rear o... (more)

Reading Railroad 0-4-0 Camelback #1187, aka; Strasburg #4. Engineer's side. This engine was built in March, 1903, acquired by Strasburg in 1962 and last ran in May of 1967. The engine was on lo... (more)

A fan snaps one last photo of the Minnesota Zephyr F-units as they depart Randolph, MN, on Progressive Rail. Loaded in late 2014 but held up by Union Pacific for various issues, the locomotives ar... (more)

Trespassers in a pristine wilderness. Plowing snow that's just a foot or two deep, the White Pass Rotary Fleet is making good progress through Meadows, en route to a water and lunch stop ju... (more)

C&O #2732 sits behind the Virginia Science Museum in Richmond.

Fort Eustis Extra 1880 West is seen returning to post after picking up USAX 6516 from the Fort Eustis/CSXT connection track. The engine had spent the night in the snow storm, leaving it covered i... (more)

On a frigid February morning in the Nevada desert, a steam powered V&T freight climbs the grade out of Carson City en route to Virginia City, NV. Having "logged" an unimaginable number of miles, ... (more)