My first railroad book was Lucius Beebe's "High Iron." It was one of his early books that helped set the standard of the "smoking wedge." In collecting every one of his books, I often wondered if ... (more)

Departing Williamson for Portsmouth, NKP 765 rolls through CP "College", westbound on the Kenova District. NKP 765 and its visit to West Virginia in 2012 returned steam to mainline rails for the f... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 765 makes steam once again come alive in Wabash, Indiana for a day.

Plumes go UP! From time to time we have seen a shot taken from a cab window of a train on a bridge, pointing down. This is the reverse view.

For other shots from the WMSR Foundation/L... (more)

A freezing fog covers the grass and brush around Adamana at noon on December 27, 1986. Train 2-338, a main line local, has just finished switching a LPG storage facility and is now en route to Win... (more)

Steam - and Christmas is four days off.

Currently the oldest working locomotive on the Cape Gauge (3 foot 6 inches) in South Africa No 1535 performs a runby for photographers during the Reefsteamers annual Photographic morning. During t... (more)

A window of opportunity - both for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (Railroad: Nickel Plate Road
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-4
Location: Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NKP 765
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 27, 2013

New Hope and Ivyland's #40 (lettered for the L&C) gets an early morning start bringing a freight around the bend at None Such Farm bound for in Rushland, PA. Part of a Lerro Productions charter.

"Mountain Thunder" assembles a train in the yard on WMSR's third day of scheduled operations this year, putting on a great show. Seen in the distance is WM 7471, a former SD40, now belonging to t... (more)

I recreate my shot from December of last year using #98 instead. It is seen roaring through the cut, battling the grade.