Capturing the magic of steam at night. A long-exposure study in Black and White on the "dark side" as Polson Logging Mikado steam locomotive #2 poses on the wooden trestle over Stasek Sl... (more)

Fries with that?

Grand Canyon Railway's beautiful Mikado simmers away under the stars after a hard day's work. Converted to burn waste cooking oil, the loco doesn't quite smel... (more)

Norfolk and Western's "M" Class No. 382 and No. 475, both 4-8-0 Mastodons, bask under the light of a full Moon (and a few well placed floods) for a photo shoot with Lerro Productions at the... (more)

Southern Railway locomotives #4501 & 630 simmer in East Chattanooga, TN late at night, each awaiting their next assignment.

The Tennesee Valley Railroad Museum is home to not one, but two operational Southern Railways coal-fired steam locomotives. #630 is a 1904 American Locomotives 2-8-0 Consolidation.with over 46,000... (more)

A doubleheaded steam freight heads North toward Grand Junction A Lerro Productions Photo Charter

Moonlight over Cataract Creek. Both of the Grand Canyon's active steam engines pose on the wooden trestle at Cataract Creek, just outside Williams, AZ on a chilly February evening. Moonlig... (more)

New Hope & Ivyland No. 40 leads a Santa train through Hood on a chilly evening following a snowfall. This bridge is frequently photographed from the other side of the tracks. Lights were carefully... (more)

M Class comparison. Two of Norfolk & Western's numerous M Class 4-8-0s spend the cool autumn night outside an engine house in southern Virginia. Thanks to a "pit crew" of abou... (more)

PM 1225 pulls into Alma, MI with the Curwood Highlander.

PM 1225 sits in Alma, MI with the Curwood Highlander.

"The Best Camera is the One That's With You"

In a spectacular moment of stupid, I had left my spare camera batteries in my car before the night shoot, thinking my current battery was... (more)

Everything in this shot is Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the locomotive paint, the rails, the concrete tower, the land. THIS is historic railroad preservation and it warms the cockles of the hea... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)