Comfortable Man - "A comfortable man in comfortable surroundings..", quoting an old trains article. The throttle is in the corner as 12000 horses do work on as many tons. Down to 15mph, the amp m... (more)

Engineer's side of the cab inside Amtrak 818. 818 is one of 15 P40DC's upgraded to P42DC specifications and returned to service as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. View ... (more)

Scott Wickert adjusts his speed as he leads the excursion train north into town. Normally, he is the lead engineer of Heisler #2, but that unit developed a minor seal leak earlier in the day and t... (more)

In an effort to get some good light at the Valley, fellow RP photographer and Valley volunteer, Dennis Livesey and I return late one night for a ""Your Hand On The Throttle" trip through the yard.... (more)

We are in Canadian National steam locomotive Class S-1-b No. 3254's cab. Engineer Aaron Stout is filling out the Form D and is minutes away from pulling the throttle in the foreground for a Steamt... (more)

F Unit Cab ride and its in the newly painted B&O paint for Train Festival 2010...A special Thanks Rodney Matheny

Getting ready to depart Babbitt with 146 loads for Silver Bay.

Engineer Bruce at the helm on NSM 652. Heading back to Babbitt with 136 empties.

For my 100th RP image let me introduce a genuine steam locomotive engineer. This is Aaron Stout and he is about to unleash Canadian National No. 3254's 53,000 lbs. of tractive effort and thus prop... (more)

These are the controls of locomotive No. 97. They are what a newbie engineer uses for the first time with the Valley Railroad's "Your Hand On The Throttle" program. I believe the Valley was the fi... (more)

Inside the cab of Marc 13.

Photo taken with permission.

C&O 1601's cab is immaculate at the Ford Museum. Here is a fun fact, if you pull the throttle, you get steam sound effects. Cool! To keep people from tripping on the grate shakers the museum has... (more)

The engineer checks on the wheels of 475 after a day of running in 12+ inches of snow on the weekend. You can take note of the amount of snow by looking at the engieers legs!

Eric Pittman looks out the window as he brings the train to a stop at the NOC.