Shooting trains at night in a snowstorm, dramatic locations become magical. Here in Randolph, SD 40-2 721, newly re-lettered for NECR, drifts past a modelers delight of a building during a surpris... (more)

CNW 4101,4549 head west with 28 cars at Rapid City. The 4101 was Ex RI while the 4549 was an original CNW unit rebuilt in 1980 at Oelwein shops. The CNW had placed some welded rail through Rapid C... (more)

For my 1,000th picture on RP.net I really wanted to do something a little special. Just about every Montreal River photo I ever took on the ACR/WC had a little story to go along with it due to the... (more)

A crew member steam-cleans 4449's drivers in preparation for its trip to Railfair in Sacramento.

Deep into the East Altoona pit, J1a 6432 waits for work. It was officially retired in April 1958 (source: Keystone Crossings). John had an escort from the PRR Police to roam the property for the... (more)

Late running train 911, after being stuck with local work at Trout Lake and heading for a meet with a tardy eastbound extra at Gilchrist makes short work of the snow and cold as it rips through Ga... (more)

A view from the coal dock at East Altoona reveals a passenger train, powered by a EP40,on the main line westward to the Altoona station. The dead steam in the foreground will probably never run a... (more)

Canadian National 3254 must feel right at home on a frosty January morning as it blasts out of Nay Aug Tunnel in Scranton heading for the Ice Harvest Festival at Tobyhanna, Penn., in the Pocono Mo... (more)

An Invisible Inferno. The 4 red aspects interacting with a heavy fog creates a blazing silhouette of a C&O cantilever at Hilldale. an 826 second exposure @ f5.0, ISO 200.

Nevin the firemen enjoys the breeze with EBT No. 15 doing 125MPH! :-)

253 with a new GEVO leading and two NREXs in tow, makes it's way north surrounded by fall colors.

A southbound with D&H 7312 and CP 8224 in tow pass through Hop Bottom on a beautiful September evening.

A Southern steam special on the N&W crosses the James River enroute to Shenandoah. More Southern 4501 shots are seen from that steamy September 1970 at ... (more)

In a timely appearance by the crew, MM&A 710 drifts into Newport under a complimentary sky at 04:47! Wearing the Heritage paint of former owner BNSF, the little B23-7 glows under the flash lightin... (more)

UP power threads the tunnels as water cascades from above. In a week, this cascade will be gone.