Lancaster & Chester 2-8-0 #40 rounds a curve with a local freight train as a farmer runs his tractor nearby. Part of a Lerro Productions charter.
A Pullman porter takes a break as his train approaches Roanoke, Va., passing through the Norfolk & Western's Shaffer's Crossing engine facility. In reality, this is a photo shoot at the Virginia M... (more)
Long before dawn, the crew of Mt. Emily Lumber Company #1 slowly brings their 90-ton, oil-burning Shay up to operating pressure by the sand tower in the City of Prineville Railroad Yard. T... (more)
The night hostler is about to put EBT Mikado 15 to bed for the night after a day of hauling coal loads from the mines South of Robertsdale to the EBT Yard at Mt. Union.
Icy Red Clay Creek. The Wilmington & Western Railroad's Alco #98 charges across the icy Red Clay Creek with a passenger consist headed for Hockessin. The route of the old B&O Landenberg B... (more)
My first railroad book was Lucius Beebe's "High Iron." It was one of his early books that helped set the standard of the "smoking wedge." In collecting every one of his books, I often wondered if ... (more)
"On through the night!"
Meet Under the Stars. Extra 40 South waits in the hole for a NB deadhead move to New Hope under a clear winter sky. In reality #40 is sitting in an imaginary siding a.k.a. the single... (more)
The secret is out, the Heber Valley is the place to be for winter steam photography! Annie Bruehl waits at the Edwards Lane crossing for UP 618 to pass by her completely original 1953 Buick.