Throwback to the final weeks of summer in 2020... During the IRMs annual showcase weekend, the museum assembled a pretty large "Demonstration" freight consist for their locomotives to shuttle a... (more)

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)

This photo brought to you by the letter S. On Sunday, May 6, 2018, the West Chester Railroad operated a photo freight/charter for a group of paid attendees. The last shot of the day of WCRL 1803 (... (more)

On her way to "Pumpkinville." A farmer's daughter, taking her family's tractor back to the barn, exchanges waves with the fireman on Norfolk & Western's J-Class Locomotive #611 as it flies ... (more)

Sunrise in old Virginia. One of the better places in the entire US to photograph steam locomotives right at sunrise is Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, and the perfect spot is here, in t... (more)

Highball at Carpenters. With leaves and other tree debris still flying off of her, Norfolk & Western Locomotive #611 emerges from the tree tunnel just east of Carpenters, making track speed... (more)

Norfolk & Western Steam: The final years. Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 runs through the Fairview section of the Strasburg Railroad, hauling a vintage freight reminiscent of what ... (more)

Clearing skies! A low morning overcast is finally breaking over Knoxville, TN as Southern Railway Locomotive 154 makes its way across the spectacular Holston River Bridge with some loads de... (more)

Evening freight. A Southern Railway local freight makes its way east out of Knoxville, on a warm spring evening. The power this day is Southern Railway Consolidation #154 and she's picture... (more)

The local at work. Under darkening sky, a Southern Railway local freight shuttles loads to local industries in the Knoxville, TN area, with Consolidation #154 on the point. Here, she charg... (more)

Picking up empties. In the middle of a large industrial park in the Knoxville suburb of Asbury, Southern 154 and her crew pick up a couple of empty freight cars at the Tennessee Steel Proce... (more)

On the dark side at French Broad River. Here's a dark-side view of Southern Railway Consolidation #154. as she runs westbound on the shore of the French Broad River, hauling a local freight... (more)

Westbound to Knoxville. Southern Railway Consolidation #154 runs westbound along the French Broad River just a few miles east of her home base in Knoxville, TN. She's hauling a local freig... (more)

Serving Knoxville's industries. A Southern Railway local freight works its way past industrial complexes in the suburbs of Knoxville, TN, with a few loads to deliver on a fine spring mornin... (more)