Bucking snow at a grade crossing, the daily Lamoille Valley Train passes through North Concord, Vermont.

Late on a December afternoon in Vermont, the daily Lamoille Valley train rolls east along the Moose River at Concord, Vermont.

With snow both falling and getting blown around by strong winds, Amtrak Train 43, the Pennsylvanian, makes an on-time appearance at Irishtown, Pennsylvania.

Feeling Right at Home

Other than the lettering in the tender herald, Strasburg Rail Road’s 2-6-0 89 bears a close resemblance to its in-service days at the grade crossing at Carp... (more)

Ghost at the Graveyard

Strasburg Rail Road’s 2-6-0 89 approaches Carpenters amidst a snow storm on March 12, 2022. The worst part of the storm was the heavy winds, causing blowin... (more)

Lamoille Valley’s St. Johnsbury, Vermont – Whitefield, New Hampshire train skirts the Moose River at East St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Lamoille Valley’s St. Johnsbury, Vermont – Whitefield, New Hampshire train passes through the scenery at East St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

A Conrail-powered train loads at Consolidated Coal’s Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia. The inner part of the loop track usually was covered with a huge coal pile, but the ground is rel... (more)

A Monongahela Railway train consigned to Wisconsin Electric begins flood loading at Consolidated Coal’s Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia.

Clean and colorful, the power of a Wisconsin Electric coal train starts its journey around the loop track in Wana, West Virginia.

Two Conrail SD40-2’s bring a train of empty hoppers down the Monongahela Railway’s Wana Industrial Track in Wana, West Virginia.

A Monongahela Railway train of empties with Conrail power approaches Consolidated Coal’s Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia.

Half loaded with coal from Consolidated Coal’s Bailey mine, a train for Wisconsin Electric will be topped off with coal from Consolidated’s Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia. The trai... (more)

Numbered 404-15, twelve Alco C420’s graced the roster of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Here the first one is seen idling at Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad had four low-hood Alco RS11s, numbered 400-403. In a post-Conrail view, LV 403 stands on a track that was used as the engine terminal for the Lehigh & New England Railwa... (more)