During the fall of 1983 C&NW brought borrowed 4-6-0 1385 to Duluth-Superior for a series of fundraising trips for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The Friday evening before the rides the train a... (more)

Alpha and Omega. The very first day of the American Freedom Train and the last weekend of Penn Central before Amtrak takes over the NEC. "ATF 1" aka RDG T1 2101 leads a long train over the bridg... (more)

Before the UP 150 Express Train was backed into the California State Railroad Museum for the 150th Anniversary Celebration event, two of the three auxiliary locomotives, #8715 and #8775 (seen here... (more)

Stamping upgrade on sanded rail, Ross Rowland’s ex-C&O 4-8-4 #614 takes the Chessie Safety Express east through Cotton Hill, WV. The autumn leaves are down, the sun low in the sky, and they’r... (more)

ATSF 3751 with the Grand Canyon Limited begins the climb up Ash Hill on the final day back to Los Angeles.

The Grand Canyon Limited speeds up Ash Hill on the Transcon on its return to LA.

Hawstone is a few miles west of Mifflin, PA., in the heart of the old Middle Division. Here NKP 759 is framed by an iron gateway under classic PRR signals in this 1970 view. Today it is known as... (more)

NKP 759 makes it's first runby on this roll of film. We are up on the slope headed back around Horseshoe Curve to Altoona and eventually Harrisburg. Note the welded rail just beginning to be ins... (more)

After the L&N rebuilt famous W&A 4-4-0 No. 3, "The General," they proudly ran it over a portion of its railroad with refurbished "Jim Crow" combine car 665. After visiting end of the line at Nor... (more)

In the mid-to-late 1970s, Reading 2101 was used along with C&O 614 for Chessie System passenger specials. The lovely lady is seen here in Chessie colors hauling a special along the B&OCT. Tom Go... (more)

ATSF 3751 speeds upgrade near Siberia on BNSF's Transcon heading home to Los Angeles to conclude the Grand Canyon Limited.

Well, I made it out of the state of Alaska to chase the Grand Canyon Limited. First stop was here at Sullivan's Curve on Cajon Pass. This was my old stomping grounds as I bought my first house in ... (more)

On the westbound leg of a Los Angeles to Chicago round trip on a Santa Fe Railway Employee Appreciation Special in 1992, restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 flies over Canyon Diablo Bridge on Septemb... (more)

Steam on Christiansburg Mountain for the first time in 18 years! On the first run of the day, NS 958 blasts underneath the coaling tower at Vicker as the train sprints uphill for Christiansburg.

For the first time since 1994 a train has "Steamed" into the Queen City, Charlotte, NC.