Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 number 1551 is just one of more than 20 steam locomotives on display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio. It is well worth the trip to see all the vari... (more)

On the Side Lines. The RBMN 1542 heads up a string of Reading and Northern engines that perform background service to the Star of the day that leaves them in the dust, or steam, so to speak. The ... (more)

I was quickly losing light as the N&W 611 approaches her next stop in Greensboro, NC. The rainy conditions made for nice condensation as the steam excursion glides along.

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle through Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023 pulling the daily Silverton Mixed. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures in Colorado for the Fall season, peak fall foliag... (more)

Glover Machine Works 0-6-0T #6 chugs along during the annual Harvest Days festival at the Patsiliga Museum in Junction City, Georgia. No. 6 was built in 1916 for Cherokee Brick and Tile in Macon, ... (more)

The Fall Leaf special blasts off from Reading Outer Station lead by the RDG 2102. Just starting to pull the steam and smoke show draw photographers in. The train passes by other Reading and Northe... (more)

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern's 4-8-4 T1 #2102 is on the point of the fall foliage express train OSJT (Outer Station-Jim Thorpe) crosses Schuylkill Road while it is reflecting itself from a lit... (more)

ATSF train 4, the California Limited, is seen approaching La Junta Colorado at 50 MPH on September 16th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

R&N 2102 flies northbound past Koremart and Hartz Concrete en route to Jim Thorpe.

Reading 2102 stomps out of Nesquehoning Tunnel amid the peak fall foliage on its final run for 2023.

SRC 90 out and about for the first time in about 7 months on the second trip on a clear and beautiful Monday.

One of the most successful stories in modern rail preservation is that of the East Broad Top in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The coal and common carrier railroad was saved from scrap in 1956 by Nick Kova... (more)

One of the most successful stories in modern rail preservation is that of the East Broad Top in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The coal and common carrier railroad was saved from scrap in 1956 by Nick Kova... (more)

One of the most successful stories in modern rail preservation is that of the East Broad Top in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The coal and common carrier railroad was saved from scrap in 1956 by Nick Kova... (more)

Supporting Actor. Reading Blue Mountain & Northern SW8M no. 802 (EMD, 1950-1954) is seen at the railroad's engine facility in Port Clinton pulling T-1 no. 2102 onto the main line. From ... (more)