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)

Frisco 1630 receives further instructions via train order hoop as it departs from East Union with a late-night passenger train in tow.

From a November night photo session that was held in Durbin, WV.

1950 or 2023? Norfolk and Western 611 thunders down the jointed rail of the Buckingham Branch in Goshen, VA. The train has just departed Goshen and is taking a train load of tourists to Staunton,... (more)

RLCX SW900 #905 inside the CMC Steel Mill in October, 2008. Shot from public property.

Steam at Steamtown. Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 switcher no. 26 (Baldwin, 1926) is seen simmering with Central Railroad of New Jersey coach 1026 and combine 303 at the Steamtown NHS ... (more)

Resting in the Roundhouse. Canadian National Railway 2-8-2 Mikado no. 3254 is seen resting inside the roundhouse at Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA. The locomotive was built by the Canadi... (more)

Reading 2102 steams along the steam shop spur on a clear September morning.

AT&SF train number 3, the California Limited, is arriving Los Angeles California with smog present in the atmosphere, on August 1st 1940. Stare at that bell long enough and you can almost hear it ... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 3751, constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone PA in May 1927 and was the Santa Fe's first 4-8-4 … and also the first 4-8-4 built by Bald... (more)

An old veteran set of M3s passes a set of M8s on the Park Avenue Viaduct as they both approach Harlem - 125 Street on an increasingly hazy September afternoon.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Reading 2102 briefly pauses on the Reading & Northern mainline to allow Reading & Northern 802 to return to the steam shop.

As storm clouds roll by in the background, Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) poses with D&RGW 491 on the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.