Western Maryland 1309 performs a runby at West Helmstetter's.

Western Maryland 1309 comes around the famous Helmstetter's Curve with a giant cloud of smoke.

Western Maryland 1309 cleans out the droplets while coming around the curve Garner's Meadow.

Viewed from the Virginia Blue Ridge right-of-way, my favorite Norfolk & Western fan tripper backs across the trestle over the Tye River in Tye River, Virginia. The train has discharged any passeng... (more)

The Independence Limited enters Illinois from Indiana on the former Southern Railway bridge across the Wabash River.

The last time 1218 ventured out onto the main line: for an event at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. Here she sits on display as an NS freight passes eastbound.

A black and white photo of the famous Norfolk and Western 1218.

1218 is rolling westbound at Salem VA.

1218 has conquered the famous Southern Ry loops over the Blue Ridge mountains and is pulling into the yard in Asheville NC.

N&W Class-A No. 1218 drifting downgrade, as seen from an open-window coach on the 1987 NRHS Convention Special bound for Radford from Roanoke.

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 makes a station stop at Manassas, Virginia on the return leg of an Alexandria – Front Royal round trip. Several of the spectators can be seen holding their ears as... (more)

The N&W A and J are racing past the photo line, transporting hundreds of NRHS conventioneers back to the glory days of steam. One wonders if this scene will ever be repeated...

After coming from Roanoke on a ferry move, Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 eases off of the N&W wye in Lynchburg, Virginia, and proceeds down the connector to the Southern main line and the excursi... (more)

The locals have shown up to see the steam engine, but all eyes seem to be on the diesels while the fire-breathing monster simmers behind them. I’m not sure of the exact sequence here, but the 12... (more)

I've just gotten around to scanning some of my father's negatives. He was shooting 127 roll film with an old Voigtländer while I was taking color slides on the trips that he would take me on.