Canadian Pacific 2816 leading the Final Spike Steam Tour through Clinton

Uphill and Down. Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 locomotive no. 20 is doing laps on the loop track at the Colorado Railroad Museum, passing Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway 0-4-2T locomotive... (more)

This week, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacific... (more)

This week, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacific... (more)

PRR train 326 is seen at Louisville Kentucky in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

PRR train 317 is seen at Louisville Kentucky in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Canadian Pacific 2816 leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour across the Elk River Bridge near Lanagan as it heads toward Heavener

Canadian Pacific 2816 leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour through the farmlands near the community of Neosho, Missouri as it continues its journey south toward an overnight stay at H... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2816, "The Empress", leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour train across one of the arched bridges outside of Kansas City as it heads south toward Heavener

CNJ 113 stomps its way through near its stop at the Saint Nicholas coal breaker. This is the first time since 1983 that a passenger train has traversed this portion of trackage.

On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)

Steaming Through Molino. Reading and Northern Railroad - Passenger T-1 RBMN 2102 (4-8-4, née-Reading Railroad 2102) was the leader during the "Fall Foliage Excursion" on Saturday... (more)

Atlantic & Yadkin 542, a J-Class 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903, poses at the Barber Depot for a night photo shoot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum on a rainy Saturday ... (more)

Rich History | Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 "Hudson" number 2816 charges uphill at Fogel, OK as it heads towards the summit of Rich Mountain on the warm and cloudy morning of Wednesday,... (more)

N&W 611 accelerates past the north end of Linwood Yard as she makes a run for Lynchburg VA.