As it goes through it's extensive rebuild, bits and pieces are being re-applied to the Baldwin 0-6-0 No. 26. Here you see her shiny bell that has just been replaced while the work continues in the... (more)

This photographic pacing run of NKP No. 765 lasted 131 seconds and was one of the greatest thrill rides of many in my entire life. It was over in a blink and just like a kid at the merry-go-round,... (more)

A Black & White dream of NKP 765 leading the positioning move for the first NS public excursion in decades. For a color version click Railroad: Nickel Plate Road
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-4
Location: Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NKP 765
Train ID: NS-061
Photo Date: May 25, 2013

One of the worlds finest steam locomotives on one of the most famous railroad locations in the world. For this long time steam fan this is a bucket list check off!

Lima Super Power and B&W are just right blasting through Thompsonville PA. For a color version click HERE!

NKP No. 765 is doing what Lima Locomotive designed it to: Move a train and move it fast! Here you see the Fort Wayne Historical Society's locomotive move Norfolk Southern's first public steam excu... (more)

NKP No. 765 is on the Norfolk Southern Employee Appreciation Special running from Altoona to Gallitzin and return. Passing the knob of earth that is at the apex of the curve, it is a sight for all... (more)

This is steam railroading as it should look like; no diesel behind the tender! NKP 765, in the magnificent amphitheater that is the Horseshoe Curve, created astounding music as it thundered up the... (more)

NKP No. 765 assaulting Horseshoe Curve and giving a great show to the fans in the Horseshoe Curve Park. This one is for you Kelly!

The New York Central railroad's "20th Century Limited" "Tonawanda Valley" is a 1928 Pullman built Observation Sleeper Lounge car. Here it is seen at the "Grand Centennial Parade of Trains" present... (more)

This car is the "Hickory Creek" and it was built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 for the New York Central Railroad Company as a sleeper-observation car. Its served on the 20th Century until that train... (more)

You may not believe it, but you are looking at a genuine World War II war machine. Three foot narrow gauge Combine No. 36 (built circa 1900 by the railroad, weighing 11.5 tons, and 42' 10" long) c... (more)

Southern Pacific No. 1273 is a 0-6-0 switcher that interestingly was built in the railroads own Sacrament Shops in 1921. It has 20 x 26 cylinders, 57" drivers, is 62' 2" long and weight 76.5 tons.... (more)

Santa Maria Valley No. 1000 was built in 1920 by American Locomotive Company for the Hetch Hetchy Railroad #4. This 2-8-2 Mikado has 20 x 28 cylinders, 48-inch drivers, weighs 88 tons and has an o... (more)

1953? Or 2013? In any event, how often to you see a genuine EMD F-7(B) unit being repaired any where? This is one of the amazing things you can see in one of the worlds greatest rail preservation ... (more)