D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)

Kansas Prairie Dawn. Just minutes after sunrise, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local makes its way across the Kansas prairie east of Abilene, with a few passengers, some small freight item... (more)

Reading 2102 opens its cylinder cocks as it departs Port Clinton with its excursion.

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #5 takes his train to the yard.

The Mixed train Ashton - Worcester is leaving Ashton in the warm evening light

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)

Two Valley Railroad "North Pole Express" trains get ready for departure from Essex, CT 12/17/2022.

In times past, heritage steam railroads in the USA closed up shop at the end of Oct... (more)

"Evenings at Price Hill": On November 6, 2022 Western Maryland #1309 thunders up Helmstetter's Curve as seen from Price Hill in a brilliant mountain sunset.

In two specific time windows it is possible to photograph the last train on the Brocken (highest mountain in the Harz) in the light of the low sun and you will be surprised again and again by impr... (more)

The 4 Spot bangs one of the last loads of passengers for the season out of some beautiful fall colors and over the Rat River on its way to Snyder's Landing.

JS class SL at Sandaoling Coal Mine.

Steam locomotive BR 65 #018 is pulling a photo freight train on the museum railway VSM (De Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij) on a cold September morning. This 2-8-4 Tank engine was built in 1956 ... (more)

On August 13, Reading & Northern operated a doubleheader steam consist that was led by recently restored 4-8–4 2102 and 4–6–2 425. Putting on quite the smoke show as the train passed over Ho... (more)

The old steam L-3653 is hauling a touristic train from Moscow to Baykal

Dawn breaks over Missionary Ridge as an empty early morning train works its way from Durango up to Rockwood, where the Durango & Silverton temporarily based their operations during height of the C... (more)