(Yet another) Three way meet in Paradise

Leaman Place Junction was a busy place in October of 2019, with Strasburg's "regular" steam excursions, visiting 4-8-4 No. 611 and Amtrak's Keysto... (more)

A child's wave is returned by the fireman of Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No 475. The sound of the passing locomotive doesn't disturb the two dogs, lying the grass, but it's just a bit too much for ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 backs up towards the water tower for a big gulp before pulling the next excursion. Strasburg Rail Road's 1953 built EMD SW8 (3 years younger) can be seen in the ba... (more)

Harrisburg commuters race east towards Philadelphia, PA passing two of Roanoke's finest at Leaman Place; N&W No. 475, built in 1906 (by Baldwin in Philadelphia), and N&W No. 611, built in 1950 by ... (more)

Somewhere in Time

A lucky group of photographers were transported back in time some 70 years to the state of Virginia, compliments of Lerro Productions.

N&W No. 611 puts on a great show pulling a passenger excursion around the bend at Paradise, PA, en route to the depot at the Strsaburg Rail Road.The J-Class locomotive, built by the N&W's own shop... (more)

N&W No. 475 takes the siding with a small mixed train giving way to a hot shot freight led by N&W No. 611. Seem unlikely? Perhaps, but no more so than having N&W No. 611 show up in Pennsylvania,... (more)

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class locomotive leads a passenger car excursion through the rural Amish countryside while on a visit to Pennsylvania at the Strasburg Rail Road. Somewhat far removed ... (more)

The Road Less Traveled

On "vacation" from Roanoke, VA, Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 J-Class finds herself along a long winding country road, in, of all places, Amish Pennsylvania. ... (more)

Dashing through the woods....

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 captured in a pan at 1/15th, dashing through the woods, hardly creeping, in a race towards Virginia on a run that started i... (more)

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends"
- a double header pan shot captured at 1/15th!

Norfolk & Western's 4-8-0 No. 382 double heads with Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. ... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's 2-10-0 "Grande Dame" No. 90 captured in a pan shot at 1/15th just east of Carpenters Crossing, in Paradise, PA, at the Strasburg Rail Road.

No. 90 was built for the Great... (more)

Monty Panthon's - "Pan, pan, pan, pan..."

Over the years, I've shot many pans. Lovely pans. Some would even say wonderful pans. When shooting pans and pantographs I typically capture o... (more)

Amtrak "American Cities Sprinter" No. 614 in a pan shot captured at dusk, westbound through Bristol, PA.

A SEPTA "American Cities Sprinter" leads an eastbound commuter push-pull through Bristol Township, PA, in a pan shot captured at 1/80th.