The engineer is expelling steam through valves at the bottom of the piston cylinders. This allows any condensed water in the cylinders to be expelled with the steam. This is usually done when the... (more)

A hostler is a groom or stableman, who is employed in a stable to take care of horses, usually at an inn. In this case the hostler is an engineer operating a turntable to line up tracks for a loc... (more)

The northwest bound Pere Marquette #1225 rolls by the old Carland grain elevator in the sleepy township of Fairfield MI.

This locomotive is used on excursion trains over the Great Lakes Central Railroad. The 1225 above is on the turntable at the Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso MI.

2AM on a moon lit morning a BNSF freight train heading south bound pulling empty hopper cars passes within a few feet of the The Chrysalis Inn in Fairhaven Wa. Your first hint that there's trains... (more)