The smallest standard gauge 4-6-2 ever built, by Baldwin in 1911, was for the Little River RR in Townsend, Tenn. It served the Smoky Mountain RR for a number of years, and was restored in 1975 to... (more)

SY 1319 heads the first loaded spoil train of the morning shift up to the top of the tip at Fuxin.

Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway.Kengkou Station.

Deep in the Open Pit Coal Mine of Sandaoling, JS 8225 storms upgrade past JS 8077. JS 8225 is bound for the coal washery but first must surmount a grueling 2%+ grade that will challenge the massiv... (more)

This is one of my favorite L&N photos--taken by the late August Thieme. CV Division train 55--the overnight through freight from Corbin to Norton, VA--is blasting upgrade on the last three miles t... (more)

Our first stop for service comes at Thorndale, where passengers are allowed to de-board and mingle about getting photos. We'll stay on the mainline to Lancaster, the Low Grade line shares the rig... (more)

It's May Day 1955, what better excuse for an excursion led by a PRR K4s? #7133, freshly wiped down by it's engineman, is ready to reverse back to the platform under the guidance of what is likely... (more)

Fifty years ago on the shortest day of 1963, D&RGW 488 makes a gallant showing as it climbs out of New Mexico into Colorado with the 3rd Cumbres Turn. At Cumbres Pass the three sections of frei... (more)

J-class #6490 was cranked out of the Altoona Shops as a part of the war effort in '43 & '44, and, like this one, all were eventually scrapped. But on this date, it was captured in color taking co... (more)

I1s #6333 appears to have run out of railroad but really is just getting a little TLC from a PRR employee at St. Clair Ave. enginehouse. St. Clair Ave. runs above.

On a brisk Dec. 21, 1963 at Chama, N.M., D&RGW 2-8-2 493 has another Mikado, 488, in tow as the two of them head for the wye to turn and then take a 3rd cut of cars up to Cumbres Pass summit, and ... (more)

Having just left Chama, N.M., D&RGW 488 (with a helper on the rear) gets a run at Cumbres grade with the second turn of the day, Dec. 20, 1963. In those days it usually required three trains to ... (more)

I1s #4420 seen at ground level. No modifications had been made to this locomotive at the time of this photo.

The hogger of a switch move powered by an old #4420 I1s waits for a hand signal from the man riding the rear end, probably breaking apart an arriving westbound. No radios being used here. John n... (more)

#5034 gets readied for service on the Sandusky coal line at the St. Clair Ave. roundhouse. Note the extender rails and tender jutting out at the right. The buildings of the PRR 20th St. Shops ri... (more)