No. 1309 blasts upgrade heading from Cumberland to Helmstetter's Curve. Lover's Leap on the far ridge is obscured by the plume.

Lucius Beebe would not approve of this for it is not the good ol... (more)

What is better than a steam locomotive? Two steam locomotives!

Here we see fresh off a rebuild, No. 97, departing Essex Station with its section of The North Pole Express. No. 3025 waits it... (more)

This photo was taken on October 16 2021 at 7:12 AM. The EBT Roundhouse, built in 1882, is on the left with the Paint Shop on the right. Already men are in stall 8, working on No. 16. As a shop wo... (more)

NYS&W SU-99 shatters the silence of Warwick, NY during a damp dusk.

If you have to go to a subway platform 93 feet (28 m) below ground, this is a pretty cool way to get there.

I do hope all the USA Presidents appreciate the Port Authority lighting up the George Washington Bridge in their honor on their special day. I think most folks, even New Yorkers, think Manhattan... (more)

Siemens ACS-64, or Amtrak Cities Sprinter, 626 sprinting in the snow. A European design, it was built between 2012 and 2016 at the Siemens factory in Florin, California. It is designed for 125 mp... (more)

While it was bitter cold at minus 10 degrees, the sun was brilliant and the smoke plume magnificent. It was also the day I gained control of the camera and the pictures of that day led to me becom... (more)

No. 26 is a lot smaller than a Big Boy but that doesn't mean the little filly cannot put on a show. When the temp is in the teens Fahrenheit, this is what happens.

N&W M Class 4-8-0 "Mollie" No. 382 (Nee 475) and engineer Dave Domitrovich are showing younger sister N&W J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 how it's done!

Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 is an extraordinarily efficient steam locomotive. However, in comparison with its successor the diesel-electric, it is pretty awful in converting heat into ... (more)

How is it I am so privileged to see this magnificent machine?

The Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 No. 611 some will say is the finest passenger steam locomotive of all time. You are looking at ... (more)

This is a photo that speaks of speed. The designers under the watchful eye of Clarence E. Pond, Norfolk & Western Railway General Manager, Motive Power and Equipment, designed one of the finest p... (more)

Colorful blackness.

N&W No. 611 is seen in Strasburg bathed in glorious sunset color. Fortunately for us, because of the people we see here, No. 611 is not in sunset itself. Saved from anniliat... (more)

The mysterious greatness that is steam is embodied by this sole survivor of 14 siblings.

69 years old, we are blessed it is here to tell us of another time on this earth.