The steam railcar named Majorn has been built in 1888 by the Atlas Works in Stockholm for the Dala–Ockelbo–Norrsundet Järnväg (DONJ). This railcar is still operational today and was fired up... (more)

Primed and Ready

While there hasn't a huge amount of progress on the engine or boiler (background) at this time, attention is being had to a large piece of the puzzle.

PRR... (more)

Isn't This Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

Some might say so. But while the museum organizes the remaining heavy work to the engine proper, the long-overdue finishing touches on P... (more)

Redondo Over - Under. As Union Pacific 7625 leads the westbound rock train through Redondo Junction and toward the Alameda Corridor, Amtrak 785 cruises above on its decent toward CP Olympia... (more)

"Stop (Wo)Men At Work": Engineer Jan MacDonald was at the helm of Baldwin Locomotive Works #26 on June 29, 2019. Jan, a 26 year volunteer veteran of the Steamtown National Historic Site,... (more)

"Time Machine": Baldwin Locomotive Works #26 backs out from her stall inside the former Lackawanna Railroad roundhouse at the Steamtown National Historic Site. In merely seconds with a s... (more)

Engineer Jan MacDonald keeps on eye on the front of the locomotive as she performs a brake test prior to pulling Baldwin Locomotive Works #26 out of the roundhouse.

Steam from the air pump billows up from underneath the smokebox of BLW #26 as she builds pressure for another day of railroading at Steamtown National Historic Site.

Jan MacDonald eyes, with the use of a flashlight, the various moving parts and lubrication points on BLW #26 prior to bringing it out onto the turntable for a new day of steam railroading at the S... (more)

Seen from the viewing platform running along the inner wall of the roundhouse, Baldwin Locomotive Works #26 simmers prior to a day of hauling yard shuttle trains at Steamtown National Historic Sit... (more)

Stablemates: BLW #26 and CN #3254

CSX's First Responders unit takes a spin on Spencer's turntable in preparation for a photo shoot.

This Renfe 318 was part of a group of 22 diesel locomotives manufactured by ALCO that arrived in Spain in 1958. Beside it a Renfe 278 based on a locomotive designed in the USA by the companies Bal... (more)

Scenery at the turntable with a small shunting diesel