As Eli opens the throttle up, it produces an amazing smoke show as 8419 and the train pull out of Fraser and up a slight grade over the Fraser road crossing.

A special B&SV dinner train charter works its way up the hill at Pilcher's.

JS 8419 smokes it up leaving Fraser with a special NRHS excursion.

Snowflake Express and Santa with a train load of Kids go for a 1.5 Hour ride out and back.

No. 12 steams around the Midwest Central loop with a load of passengers.

Surry, Sussex & Southampton 6 steams across the small bridge located on the east side of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion show grounds. Taken with a Canon 10-22mm wide angle - there were campers ... (more)

Rounding the bend near the sawmill on the MCRR loop, during a special NRHS trip to Old Threshers as part of the 2012 convention. This location is usually filled up by motor homes, campers, and l... (more)

Passing the old BCR&N ( RI ) Depot thats saved but not restored.

Less then 1/2 hour till their back in Cedar Falls, Iowa as the new rail allows 30 MPH

This is the face of steam railroading in the 21st Century! An imported Chinese steamer pulls a colorful consist across a former interurban bridge in central Iowa.

Surry, Sussex & Southampton 2-6-0 No. 6 was steamed up for an NRHS photo charter on Monday, June 19, 2012. Here it is steaming across the Midwest Central's small bridge (scheduled for removal) wi... (more)

No. 8419 performs a photo runby during a special NRHS convention charter.

No. 8419 puts on an impressive show working upgrade during a photo runby at Fraser during the 2012 NRHS Convention.

The Hawkeye Express pulls into Iowa City on the Crandic running shuttles between the University of Iowa libraries in Iowa City and North Liberty.

Iowa Northern's ex-Amtrak F40 along with the Hawkeye Express makes its annual pilgrimage to Coralville for the start of the University of Iowa Hawkeye 2011 football season. Its seen here entering ... (more)