The NW 1218 was added to the National Register of Historic Places this week, joining NW 611 which was already on the list. The scene here shows the 1218 being serviced for the return trip to Alex... (more)

The Stewartstown's Plymouth, nicknamed "Mighty Mo", is about to couple up to a 2-car Lancaster Chapter NRHS Special at New Freedom. To the left is the old PRR Northern Central, once dou... (more)

The Stewartstown's "Mighty Mo" is pulling a 2-car Lancaster Chapter NRHS Special from New Freedom to Stewartstown and return, and has stopped for a runby. No. 9 was built in 1943 for th... (more)

A "Garden State in 88" NRHS Convention Special with the NKP 765 visiting the Blue Mountain & Reading, affording a rare opportunity to compare a Lima Superpower 2-8-4 Berkshire with a Baldwin 4-6-2... (more)

PRR K4s No. 1361 is halted on the old Bald Eagle Branch during a Horseshoe Curve Chapter NRHS round-trip excursion from Vail, PA (near Tyrone) to Bellefonte, PA. No. 1361 was built by the Juniata... (more)

The 1218 is northbound on the Shenandoah Valley Line on a circle trip from Roanoke to Balcony Falls on the C&O, down the James River Line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke over Blue Ridge. The Cl... (more)

Riding behind NW 1218 on its first trip up and over Blue Ridge. The train is approaching the summit on the fill at Webster. Today, the code lines are gone, the trees have grown up, and the 1218 ... (more)

The N&W Class A No. 1218 coming around the curve just in time to capture the last rays of the sun on Kodachrome 200 slide film. The engineer is blowing the mighty hooter whistle, acknowledging th... (more)

The N&W Class A No. 1218 is heading south to Lynchburg, at a grade crossing just off the old Zachary Taylor Highway in rural Culpeper County, VA

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.

The Strasburg-PHMC-Lancaster Chapter NRHS doubleheaded 7002-1223 steam special backing onto the Conrail Buffalo Line behind Rockville Tower. The tower was closed in 1986 and was later razed. Bot... (more)

Something you didn't see too often- a GG-1 coupled to an F40PHR. The occasion was the "Farewell to the GG-1" excursion by the Lancaster Chapter NRHS; a circle trip using the PRR mainlin... (more)

The NKP 587 doubleheading with the NW 1218, entering Asheville after a thunderstorm. No. 587 was built by Baldwin in 1918 as the Lake Erie & Western No. 5541 and was renumbered after the NKP acqu... (more)

N&W Class-A No. 1218 drifting downgrade, as seen from an open-window coach on the 1987 NRHS Convention Special bound for Radford from Roanoke.

N&W Class A No. 1218 on the wye at Lynchburg on the first of its two trips out of Roanoke that day. Later in the afternoon, it would head west to Walton. The tool car is ex-CN, and had not yet b... (more)