Smoke Signals. Strasburg Rail Road (SRR) 2-6-0 no. 89 is seen passing J tower and the adjacent position light signal as it relays around its train at Strasburg Station.

Electric Legacy. Two venerable electric locomotives sit on display outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. At right is Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) GG1 no. 4800, one of 139 buil... (more)

Thomas out for a test run before the Strasburg Railroad's Weekend out with Thomas.

The world's only preserved EMD E7A in the museum yard alongside PRR M1b No. 6755 in the winter of 1976-77. (The PC 4201 was built in 1945 as PRR 5901.)

Cover Coming. On February 21, 2025, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced that the bid process is open for the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s "Roundhouse Proje... (more)

Engine #89 leads a Santa Claus Special past the barn at Paradise Station as it arrives back into Strasburg.

The PRR 4935 has just been placed inside the museum yard by the Strasburg Rail Road, allowing us to compare it to the prototype GG-1 No. 4800, which was cosmetically restored a few months before t... (more)

A temporary K4s/M1b doubleheader with L1s #520 in the background. The L1's tender is next to go into the restoration shop, where I saw Amish craftsmen working on the B6sb 0-6-0 No. 1670.

The wreath-adorned 475 is pounding up the grade at Esbenshade with a Santa Claus Special, heading into the setting sun.

Canadian National 89 wraps up another day of excursions on the Strasburg Railroad as it brings the 5:00 train back into town.

On an unseasonably warm and sunny day in December, replete with cloudless skies and green grass, Strasburg 2-10-0 90 hauls a train back east along the line. It's exiting the copse of trees at Cher... (more)

Strasburg Railroad 2-10-0 90, at Strasburg, Pennsylvania. July 28, 2018. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

The sun sets on Strasburg Rail Road #90, as she sits by the old PRR J Tower and position light signals and prepares to back down past the train on an unseasonably warm and sunny winter day.

Some cosmetic work is being done on Pennsy's Class H10s 2-8-0 Consolidation Type No. 7688, which was built by Lima in September 1915.

After arriving with its train, Strasburg Railroad 2-10-0 90 has cut off the train and is backing toward the water tower in preparation of its next run. Number 90 is the former Great Western Railw... (more)