Amtrak’s Phase III Heritage Unit has been a regular on the Pennsylvanian for the past couple of weeks. Today it led the westbound train under the eastbound signals at Ronks, Pennsylvania ... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

A rare glimpse of some less oft seen museum pieces:

Early one morning back in October of 2019, I took a ride to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania for a visit. The Museum was not y... (more)

Strasburg Railroad Engine 90 poses with a crew member as a dramatic scene unfolds. The Photo charter was to celebrate retro paint schemes of years past at the railroad. Lighting done by the incomp... (more)

A westbound Amtrak "Pennsylvanian" ducks the surviving PRR era signal bridge passing what was once the Irishtown Road crossing. That crossing was removed in 2013, one of only 3 remainin... (more)

#90 returns back to Strasburg chasing a golden sun on the horizon.

A vesuvian-like smoke plume rises into the air above Groff's Grove as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 reminds the photographers just how powerful a steam locomotive truly is. Our conductor for the... (more)

A local railfan couple take in the action of the newest steam railroad in America during the 1960s as Strasburg Rail Road #90 hustles west with its daily passenger train along the Road to Paradise... (more)

Fall colors have finally arrived in central Pennsylvania. Here, westbound Amtrak Keystone Service Train 667 passes a partially-turned tree in Ronks, Pennsylvania.

Amtrak Keystone Service train 656 moves east through Ronks, Pennsylvania under cloudy skies in the early evening.

"Black smoke is wasteful." There's a placard on the front wall of the coal fence on the tender of 611 that proclaims black smoke as wasteful. That sign is large enough and positi... (more)

The 12:00 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen passing the Red Caboose Motel returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & Western... (more)

The 3:30 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen cutting away from the coaches after returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & We... (more)