A look out the caboose as 1225 thunders by. 1225 was part of a photo charter sponsored by The Steam Railroading Institute and Historic Transport Preservation.

Conductor Russ Venlos prepares to add some coal to the stove in Pere Marquette Caboose A909. He has just cooked lunch and needs to heat some water for washing up.

Didcot Shed, ex GWR 2-8-0 has it's fires drawn at the end of the day. 0-6-0 pannier tank 3738 sits by the combined coal and water plant.

Mount Washington 10 Kroflite begins its abbreviated winter journey up the mountain as it digs into the first incline, right outside Marshfield station. Note the open firebox door and the silhouett... (more)

Some like it Hot
What do you do after a rail breaks??? Heat it up of course. The track gang here, is heating up the rail to allow it to expand so as to apply the new joint bar. Thi... (more)

Contractors complete a weld.

During a Christmas run on the Huckleberry railroad. The fireman keeps the fire in constant order on this “hand bomber” engine.

Hot slag is emptied from the cauldrons.

Dumping slag

The Death of a Boxcar! This car and the tanker in the background, were involved in the 10/17/2007 derailment at Steilacoom. Photo of the pile up - Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: November 19, 2007

The temps are way below freezing during the night, steam engines tend to drip, ice forms, and the result by early morning is an engine solidly frozen to the rails. So the hostler burns some oil s... (more)

Day becomes night as smoke from the Lake Arrowhead fire blankets the San Bernardino Valley. With gusts over 40mph the trains were running few and infrequent today. Strange how such tragic events,... (more)

Fireman Jeremy Harding at work on test runs with Baldwin 4-6-0 number 40 on the Nevada Northern Railway.