Strumming By The Fire The Hyce plays his guitar on a layover at the water tank.

Getting Underway Big Boy and the UPSteam Team are just getting underway for testing to Emkay, WY.

AT&SF 4-8-2 3722 is seen at San Bernardino California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

"Going, Going, Gone!": Reading & Northern T1 4-8-4 #2102 heads south on the final leg of a round trip between Nesquehoning and Tunkhannock, PA on June 21, 2025. This picture was taken on... (more)

ATSF 570 at Los Angeles California in 1933. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

ATSF 2415 at Pueblo Colorado in 1919. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Just minute after sunrise, UP 4014 is warming up and steaming to life in preparation for a journey north on the Greeley Sub back to homebase in Cheyenne. The rising sun in golden hour shines throu... (more)

Where it all started almost 200 years ago. This is the original World-famous Rocket locomotive. Winner of the 1829 Rainhill Trials. This 196 year old locomotive is on display at the National Rail... (more)

NS 068 passes the Merck complex with the 614 in tow and some interesting clouds in the background.

The Grand Arrival Chesapeake & Ohio 614 arrives at the Strasburg Rail Road as Strasburg Rail Road 90 pulls it towards the shops where it will be restored to operation.

Reading 2102 rests in Port Clinton shortly before blasting out of town with its passenger train on a gorgeous October morning.

Hard to believe it's been almost thirty-five years since this happened however on this day the Independence Limited was about to make a photo run by at Lexington. This train was NS's participation... (more)

Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 254 leads a westbound freight near Oroville California in 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The mangled husk of a former White Pass locomotive pulled from the Skagway River sits outside the shops as a clean and operable 73 rolls by.

The White Pass & Yukon Route's only operable steam locomotive, number 73, has just conquered White Pass for the first time in 2025. Crews spent the day making two test trips up the pass, with the ... (more)