As the sun sets the crew puts the engine away for the night in the enginehouse. Sunset glint catches various shiny surfaces as it makes its way inside.

The Heatherslaw Light Railway is a 15 in gauge passenger carrying railway in Northumberland, England, near the border with Scotland. It was founded by Neville Smith in 1989. It operates over a rou... (more)

Former Cia Agricola de Guatamala 2-6-0 now restored as a Denver, South Park & Pacific Mogul at South Park City, Fairplay, Colorado.

For decades this former Cia Agricola de Guatamala 2-6-0 (built by Porter in Pittsburgh, Penn.) hauled Chiquita bananas for the United Fruit Company in Guatamala. In the 1960s it was brought back ... (more)

After backing her out of the enginehouse, the fireman throws a couple scoops of coal into 89's hungry firebox before taking her to the water column.

Working up one of the steepest parts of the Strasburg Rail Road, 89 approaches Carpenters Cemetery.

While being readied for the day, CN 89's fireman performs the daily ritual of the blow-down, thus clearing any deposits from the boiler.

According to the Nevada State Railroad museum, "No. 25 hauled both passenger and freight trains between Reno, Carson and Virginia City. From 1911 to 1947, the busy 4-6-0 ran 80% of the time, ... (more)

IC 3039 sits alongside a rotary as the morning sun lingers over the Illinois Railway Museum, on a warm, mild Independence Day

June 14th what a better way to spend my birthday then photographing steam locomotives.

Strasburg Railroad #89 Simmers Quietly after a days work pulling trains, shortly after this photo was taken she went to work hauling photo trains for a film being produced at the railroad that eve... (more)

Modern Day Steam Powered Freight

Strasburg Rail Road's venerable 2-6-0 Mogul leads a 12 car freight train through Groff's Grove westbound en route to Strasburg. At the very rear of the t... (more)

The Strasburg Rail Road hauls more the just tourists! Captured here, the railroad's former CN 2-6-0 #89 takes a pause, after positioning lumber cars in the recently expanded yard.