After a long day of pulling a train, GW 90 comes rolling into the yard to take on some water. While a truck waits for the yard swithcer to push the train into the unloading track, so they can pick... (more)

Crew Photo, Durango & Silverton Railroad, 2010.

After a long day of hard work this DD1 gets some TLC.

Engineer Mike Manwiller looks back over his train toward the conductor and caboose, while Fireman Greg Udolph takes a short break with the shovel, on Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 at Deer Creek sidi... (more)

Amtrak F40PH #314 receives a nice bath on a hot summer's day. Bob Albano photo.

A utility employee cleans the windshield while all exterior lights are tested on the 904 in preparation for its next turn.

WMSR engineer Joe Dailey changes the bulb on the headlight of 2-8-0 No. 734 prior to its late morning excursion from Cumberland to Frostburg. A lot of extensive servicing and inspecting takes plac... (more)

Black River & Western #60 has come back to life, but sadly, tragically, we lost two of her long-time caretakers, John Konn and Tom Bartkovsky, in 2012 -- John before getting to see the engine run,... (more)

With a load of new, unfamiliar coal, Don hand-fired the back corners for a ways up the hill before adjusting the stoker jet settings to his satisfaction. Thirteen carloads of passengers didn't kn... (more)

Fireman Davy clearing out the ashes the hard way - with a shovel and a wheelbarrow - the same way they've been doing it since No. 4 came to the railroad in the 1920s.

In the Scranton roundhouse, AKA "the barn," Bruce and Kevin were prepping steam locomotive CN 2-8-2 No. 3254 for the days run after repairs the day before. They were using a fork lift to replace t... (more)

The crew of Strasburg 89 uses hand signals to spot their caboose on a foggy and damp morning in Strasburg after retrieving one loaded grain car from the NS interchange at Leaman Place Junction.

Strasburg's Chris Zahrt oils around on 2-6-0 #89 in preparation for its use on the 'half hour' train later in the day on the busy tourist line.

With white extra flags being flown No. 475's fireman peers behind the engine toward the NS interchange at Leaman Place Junction prior to picking up two loads for the yard in Strasburg off of the i... (more)

Strasburg's Chris Zahrt prepares 2-6-0 #89 for its service pulling the "half-hour" passenger train at while in the background 4-8-0 #475 moves down to the station area for its first passenger trip... (more)