Just 2 years ago, although it could have as easily been 70 years. 1225 hustles a Lerro charter past a 1951 Chevrolet on a bitter cold Michigan day.

Train 300 is powered by Southern Railway locomotives 4501 & 5000.

Bridgton & Saco River #7 leads a 3 steam locomotive "mega-freight" up the grade just outside Alna Center station. This was part of the Grand Reunion of Maine 2ft Narrow Gauge trains host... (more)

A local commuter in his Cadillac pauses at the Verdant View Farm crossing as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 speeds by on the morning of October 18, 2020. Built in 1924 for the Great Western Rail... (more)

Stalks of corn line the jointed rail of the Road to Paradise on October 18, 2020 as the SRC's decapod, #90, heads west in the early morning hours of a Fall day. This was part of the Strasburg Rail... (more)

"Timing is Everything" The sun perfectly peeks through a gap between the boiler and smokebox of Strasburg Railroad 89 as it reverses for another photo runby.

A sunrise eclipse. A warm glow surrounds Norfolk & Western J-Class Locomotive #611 as she eclipses the rising sun on Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, with a freight consist, to kick off ... (more)

"Black smoke is wasteful." There's a placard on the front wall of the coal fence on the tender of 611 that proclaims black smoke as wasteful. That sign is large enough and positi... (more)

Congratulations to the Crews that restored RGS #20

The guys and their lady! Rio Grande Southern Number 20 stands proud with the crews and artisans that lovingly restored her.... (more)

Former Meadow River Lumber Company #6 prepares to shove back on the main so it can spot the Durbin Rocket for the 10am departure.

Cass Scenic Railroad's Bald Knob train returns through the Cass Shops as Shay 4, Climax 9, and Shay 5 all rest for the evening.

The Queen of Steam let’s off a large plume of smoke during a chartered photo shoot on that Strasburg Railroad. Driving rain couldn’t dampen spirits or the beauty of the engine. With 611 back... (more)

Sour Milk Tonight

With a 6:30 train on Strasburg’s schedule at this time of year, I headed over to Carpenter’s Cemetery to get the classic shot. There was a sizable herd of Hol... (more)

After a long trip across Canada on The Canadian, our first stop back in the US was at Edmonds, WA on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision. As soon as we arrived we were greeted by a crowd of people l... (more)

After taking a load of passengers from Rockside Station to Akron Station, NKP 765 is lit up with spotlights as it poses for photographers at the end of the platform. This was the first nighttime e... (more)