"Myron H." steams past the log flume ride on the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, passing under the supports. When the railroad first opened in 1963 this area was covered with a thick forest of ... (more)

The evolution of the steam locomotive is prominently displayed at The Henry Ford. One hundred ten years of locomotive technology separate the DeWitt Clinton of 1831 (represented with this 1893-b... (more)

Huzzah for the iron horse! Members of the Greenfield Village Lah de Dahs Base Ball Club take a time out to pay homage to that wondrous mechanical marvel, the steam locomotive. (In reality, the g... (more)

Henry Ford renamed his 1858 Atlantic & Gulf 4-4-0 "The President" in 1929 when it hauled President Herbert Hoover to the museum's dedication ceremonies on October 21, 1929. Students of history, ... (more)

Real or Fake? That's the question that historians have pondered about the 4-4-0 "Edison" - seen here at Main Street Station - since the 1970s. It is clearly not an original Mason 4-4-0, which fo... (more)

A 12-year-old Thomas Edison, working as a news butcher, was thrown off a Grand Trunk train at this station in 1859, after setting a baggage car on fire. Henry Ford moved it to Greenfield Village ... (more)

No. 1 steams around the Greenfield Village loop with an afternoon train heading for the main station. I had planned to shoot the train in front of the cider mill (red building at right) but had t... (more)

The 1922 Vulcan "Myron H." eases away from the Funway station on the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, which marks its 50th anniversary in 2013. The 3' gauge line circles the Cedar Point Amusemen... (more)

The engineer on #199 has eased off on the throttle for a speed restriction as he rounds a curve along the scenic Mississippi River. This was the former Milwaukee Road line to Chicago.

No. 1 streaks through Walnut Grove in Greenfield Village, heading for Smith's Creek Station on the Henry Ford Museum's Weiser Railroad.

What was no doubt state-of-the-art technology when it opened in 1979, the Minnesota Zoo Monorail now looks like an outdated throwback to the 1970s. Why did the zoo choose a monorail? They wanted... (more)

Seen through the trees above the highway, train 609 is running at restricted speed due to signal problems through the big curve at Maple Springs.

The last time I photographed No. 40 at the Georgetown Loop - my favorite locomotive there - was on a hot afternoon in September 2002. Here's the little 2-8-0 steaming over the Devils Gate with an... (more)

After running on the Georgtown Loop from the late 1970s until 1985, Shay 8 on static display at Silver Plume until being moved to Canon City in the mid-2000s.

Ex-West Side Lumber Shay 12 steams into the Silver Plume station with an afternoon train from Georgetown. Note the flags - this was just a week after 9/11, and the mood was somber.