Suprise! All fired up and ready to roll!

A few of us were privy to this event well in advance - notably, photographers of a Lerro Productions photo charter back in April of... (more)

Texas type steam locomotives like wide open spaces

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927 calls the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine, TX... (more)

They just don't build 'em like they used to...

This is the original boiler for ex-Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316, aka; Texas State Railroad No. 201. It was built by Alco-Cooke locomotive ... (more)

Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316

Texas & Pacific 4-6-0 No. 316, aka; Railroad: Texas & Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-0
Location: Rusk, Texas, USA
Locomotive #: TP 316
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 28, 2019

Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 No. 610

T&P 2-10-4 No. 610 was built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927. No. 610 is the sole survivor of the T&P's fleet of seventy 2-10-4's (designated as a... (more)

Texas & Pacific No. 610

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927, was brought out of the the Texas State Railroad shops and fired up for patrons of... (more)

Charlottesville, in the news lately for reasons other than railroading, is recalled in this 1978 photo of a Superpower steam visitor from Texas. I just happened upon the scene after leaving Monti... (more)

This beautiful 4-8-2 Mountain was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Texas & Pacific Railway. The builder plate number was 60555. Our great Uncle, Robert S. McKee Sr., was a design en... (more)

T&P 610, one of the last, if not the last, of it's kind was pulled out for the first time in years after weeks of the railroad publicizing it. It was pulled out then number 30 and 7 were staged on... (more)

What Southern Superpower might have looked like; except for the TP herald on the feedwater heater. Just happened upon this scene after leaving Monticello with my late grandparents- we had no idea... (more)

Southern Railway Master Mechanic-Steam Engines Bill Purdie Jr. and a fellow crew member inspect T&P610 prior to a pair of weekend excursions out of Alexandria, VA

Former T&P I-1a 610 is giving the fans a fast ride just north of Atlanta en route to Toccoa, GA.

Texas and Pacific 2-10-4 610 is northbound in the morning on Southern's CNO&TP with an excursion bound for Emory Gap.

The brakeman on top of the box car was relaying signals to the engine crew of the GP7, another sight that would disappear with the arrival of radio communication in train service. Photographer ... (more)