The problem with summertime photography in the mountains is the long maintenance shutdowns. I think this was worth the three hour wait.

Just before the sun dropped below the hills, its last rays warmed the scene, catching 93 with rods down, reflecting the elusive glint from boiler, motion and tender. Five minutes later, the Stept... (more)

Another day, another viaduct. Perfect afternoon lighting shone on the freight which was chartered by a British group.

Freshly Restored

November 17, 2019 marked the unveiling of WCRA's 6520, freshly restored and released from the paint shop in the iconic 1961 CN orange, black and white paint sch... (more)

An everyday scene at Jingpeng Pass, soon to be lost forever as the diesels make their inevitable march forward.

The final cut

It was a long wait for a train in Delyatin. Wandering around the yard we found this rather elegant Soviet era coach. Soon, a couple of guys showed up in a picku... (more)

Big Mess

Railroading has changed a lot since I took this photo of a massive coal train derailment on the shared BN/CN route through Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver.

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1920 Baldwin-built Consolidation stretches her legs.

Steam in the Transylvanian countryside this autumn.

CN's 1954 "Super Continental" came even closer to perfection with the addition of the ex-MILW domes. How nice to see a train where everything matches. Here the "Super" treads lightly through Sa... (more)

"So we'll go no more to SiMingYi". 2 years ago it was hard to imagine the viaduct at SiMingYi without the endless parade of QJ's lugging their 2300 tonne trains up the 1.2% grade. Steam is gone f... (more)

The Skeena aka Rupert Rocket waits patiently while the eastbound Super Continental is service on the adjacent track.

The ten-wheeler derived from classic Prussian P-8 design even managed to get the attention of the contented cows.

1922 vintage Maffei-built Pacific shows off.

1067 mm gauge 0-10-0T "Bahagia" (Road number "B") gets some attention prior to a charter trip on the remnants of the Cepu Forestry Railway, formerly used in the harvest of teak forests in Java.