"Big Brother" Amidst the photographers gathered at the reunion of steam at Strasburg Railroad this past October, the opportunity presented itself to introduce my HO scale 611 to the r... (more)

Talk about rough track...Hopefully WAMX 3842 is equipped with neck braces for the crew, as it rambles on down the Arkansas Southern Railroad line from Heavener, OK, to Waldron, AK.

Santa gives out lumps of coal for Christmas to the crew of the 611.

A 190 car monster double tanker enters Selkirk Yard with a double BNSF DPU set mid-train. The train will swap crews at CP-14 and continue south on the River Sun as a double train set. The monste... (more)

This is a prime example of why distracted driving and trains do not mix. We watched this whole event unfold. The crew was shoving at no more than 5 MPH, and the conductor had the crossing protecte... (more)

If one looks carefully, there are 8 electric-powered trains in the various rings of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, not counting the yard to the bottom-left of the frame. Upon closer inspection, ... (more)

The narrow gauge turntable at Shimla contains it`s own narrow gauge track and trucks! This 2011 view shows one of the vintage railmotors having been turned, waits to form the 1625 service to Kalka... (more)

An oddly cleaned BNSF engine. Somebody likes stripes.

Pan AM local ED-8 switches the yard at Gardner. in the foreground is an autorack car filled with burned-out vehicles from a recent unfortunate fire. All the vehicles and the railcar are a total lo... (more)

The John Bull

In 1939, The Pennsylvania Rail Road built a replica of the 1831 John Bull locomotive that was built for predecessor Camden & Amboy. The original had been sold ... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Gasoline Loco #2

Gas-Mechanical locomotive #2 was made at the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was probably originally powered with a Ford “Model T” automobile mo... (more)

Hundreds of fan line the Pepper Ave overpass as Big Boy 4014 departs Union Pacific's West Colton yard on an excursion trip to benefit the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California on October 12, 201... (more)

The station porters at Shimla relax as they await the next arrival from Kalka. Their work is hard and heavy due to the amount of steep paths with no vehicle access in this very interesting town.