Bulgarian spring. A steam train hauled by the narrow gauge locomotive 609-76 is approaching the Dolene station on its way to Velingrad.

The picture shows a transfer run of the "Mikado" 141R 568 with her tools and staff car and Re 4/4 I 10009, recorded between Lyssach and Hindelbank. Greetings back to the staff!

For the celebration of 125 years Gotthard line, a steam train came from Czech Republic: the blue "Albatros" 498 022 and the black "Gräfin" 475 179.

The Wolfgang pass line of the Rhaetian Railway from Klosters up to Davos Wolfgang has a maximum grade of 4.5 %, so the two "Consolidations" G 4/5 # 107 "Albula" and # 108 "... (more)

High Bridge Blow-Down. DRGW K-28 #473 executes a firebox blow-down as she rumbles across the High Bridge at Tacoma, around MP 471.2. The blow-down involves opening valves in the boiler, j... (more)

Southern Railway No. 154 is seen heading up a photo train on June 17, 2017. The locomotive featured a special Asheville paint scheme for the charter, which was organized by myself under Southern R... (more)

The next railfan generation has arrived !

Entering the High Line. DRGW 473, a K-28 "Sports Model" takes a Silverton Mixed Train north out of a deep rock cut and onto the High Line above the Animas River Gorge on a pretty ... (more)

As seen from the front, SP GS4 4-8-4 No. 4449 languishes in Oaks Park. Not many years hence she'll return to the rails at the head of the American Freedom Train.

Tree-Tunnel Time Traveler. Amid the shadows and highlights of the lush tree-tunnel just west of Durbin, WV, the former Meadow River Lumber Company Heisler #6 slowly makes her way south on t... (more)

'Kriegslok' 2-10-0 locomotives, 33-236 and 33-504, seen at Sikulje loading point. Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina.

On a typical windy Wyoming day, Union Pacific FEF-3 No. 844 leads the Home Plate Special around the curve up Archer Hill just east of Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 11, 2017. The train is bound for Oma... (more)

N&W 611 making a spectacular exit westbound from Montgomery Tunnel, surely worth the long wait to secure a good spot at this tight location. She works upgrade here, making big smoke, perhaps aided... (more)

X-Class Steam locomotive

After pushing Mettupalayam - Udhagamandalam passenger train up the mountains till Coonoor, the loco gets relieved