Just like yesteryear...

Framed by trees and a fence along the edge of one of John Helmstetter's fields, 734 makes a run up the hill towards Frostburg as she rounds the curve that bears the name of the farm it surrounds.

The two remaining Chicago & North Western locomotives lead a transfer past JB tower in West Chicago. Equal credit for the photo goes to Ryan Parent, who provided the flash equipment. This was our ... (more)

California Poppies are in bloom while SP 2472 keeps chugging towards Sunol leading the Spring Specials.

Soo Line 1003 picks up orders at Palmyra.

Soo Line 1003 makes her way north towards Brandon on a HTP photo trip.

5029 Nunney Castle leads one of the last trains of the day from Bridgenorth with a service to Kidderminster

The time machine pays a visit: Beefy Western Maryland Consolidation #734 runs the last hundred yards of the westbound run into Frostburg. The trains are far less frequent, the freights are gone... (more)

Work on the Helmstetter's new barn comes to a standstill as Mountain Thunder rounds the curve.

The Fayette Central's other excursion train meets the RDC to Strike A Pose!

Duty calls. A high desert snowstorm is in full-swing and the Nevada Northern Yard is pretty much deserted, save for one intrepid locomotive crew for whom hunkering down is not an option. ... (more)

Mr. Helmstetter's farm, the focus of the day, with the plume of the 734 sort-of wrapping itself around the house. OK, waxing poetic, sorry! Soon a new barn will fill the gap in the middle, to the ... (more)

With two Nor'Easters soaking the Northeast making for a dreary weekend, the two Juniata Terminal E8s pull the Conrail Historical Society's "Conrail Express" around the curve at Prospect Park.

Reading returns to the Perkiomen Branch! For two weekends, the Reading FP7s roamed up and down the ex-Reading's Perk Branch. This weekend, the trip were run out of Pennsburg, PA, and the FP7s look... (more)