Strasburg Rail Road workhorse 2-10-0 90 rolls into Strasburg with the last train on a busy July day. The “leaning tower of crossing protection” is long gone, and a freight runaround siding occ... (more)

It All Started Here

In 1960, the Strasburg Rail Road made the now-legendary decision to bring steam back to its roster, and the 0-6-0 that it purchased from the Canadian National w... (more)

From 1965 through 1989, a constant presence on Strasburg’s roster was Pennsylvania Railroad D16sb 4-4-0 1223. Here the classic 4-4-0 rolls past the shops at Strasburg.

Norfolk and Western 475 charges westbound with the coach train into Cherry Crest Adventure Farm.

After running around the train at Paradise, Norfolk and Western 475 leads the first excursion train of the day up the grade and back towards Strasburg.

Strasburg Railroad 89 completes a 4 mile jaunt, moving a 7-car train into East Strasburg

Strasburg Railroad 89 and Strasburg Railroad 90 idle side by side at Cherry Hill with reenactors posed with the locomotives making the scene feel even more authentic to the 1960s.

Strasburg Railroad 89 pulls into a siding with a well-sized and well-proportioned freight train, thus concluding the morning session of the Steam Strikes Back Photo Charter.

Strasburg Railroad 90 charges up the grade near Carpenters. The cloudless October day allowed for gorgeous lighting and a beautiful sky background and the cold temperatures allowed for lots of smo... (more)

"Man and His Machine" Strasburg Railroad 90 releases steam as the fireman throws a switch allowing for 90 to pull into a siding in the East Strasburg Yard to allow for a switch in con... (more)

A gloomy winter day on the Front Range. It's a gloomy, damp February afternoon on the high plains east of Colorado's Front Range, as a Great Western freight makes its way west toward Lovela... (more)

"Autumn on the Road to Paradise" With a load of beautifully restored vintage freight cars, the largest and youngest locomotive at Strasburg, #90, travels through a tree tunnel.

Great Western Railway: "We do it better". Re-enacting a morning run from Windsor to Loveland, Colorado, Great Western Decapod #90 leads a freight train around Long Curve at Pennsy... (more)

Creeping off into the sunset. With the cold winter sun about to dip below the horizon, a re-creation of the Norfolk & Western's "Virginia Creeper" heads west toward Abingdon, Vir... (more)

As part of the Steam Strikes Back Photo Charter, a meet up with 89, 90, and the Amtrak train was planned. At a speed of 90 mph, there is only a split second where the framing of all 3 locomotives ... (more)