EBT 16 is reaching the top of McMullins Summit on its way back to Orbisonia with the 11am train.

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Switching night, volunteer crew they are finished after an open day.

A fully loaded coal train is climbing out of the mine pit on a hot summer day. The beautiful Tian Shan can be seen in the far distance.

Watching and control,my son Matias taking his first steps as a fireman assistant, something that the writer did 30 years ago.

N.C. & St. L 576 still under restoration at Nashville Tn

A coal train has just unloaded and is heading back down to the mine pit. As the rail in the pit has been torn down, this scene can be seen no more.

N&W 2-8-8-2 2175 leads an eighty three car freight westward, near Salem Virginia, on July 11th 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

N.C. & St. L 576 still under restoration at Nashville Tn

Sheesh: It is of course an 0-6-0 not an 0-4-0. Thank you to Dana M for pointing out my error. Corrections and additions are always welcome OKLAHOMA CITY June 13 2023. This 50-ton side-tank styl... (more)

GWR Manor No. 7822 passing Leigh Woods during the West Somerset Railway Steam Gala.

1702 leading the Nantahala Gorge Train out of Bryson City

Reading 2102 reverses past the Reading & Northern Steam Shop as it heads south to Reading to pick up its excursion consist.

The FWRHS crew moves C&O 2716 into position to back down the TP&W tracks towards the Logansport, IN 18th Street Yard 07/18/96 in preparation to pull the Logansport Iron Horse Festival excursion tr... (more)

Daylight Indoors. On July 9, 2009, Southern Pacific 4449 "Northern" GS-4 4-8-4 (Lima, 1941), the sole surviving "Daylight" locomotive had just arrived at the Friends of ... (more)