Leaving Corry, 2031 leads the two vessels for Markwest across Route 426. The large loads drew many curious looks from motorists stopped at the crossing.

Working up the slight grade to Bridge Street, a lone GP38-2 leads two high and wide loads down the A&E Subdivision. These two vessels are destined for Markwest in Evans City, but due to clearance... (more)

Trundling slowly over the frigid Allegheny River below, three Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s lead a loaded coke train up the Buffalo & Pittsburgh. In cooperation with the WE and the Allegheny Valley... (more)

Digging into the grade and making their voices heard, a trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s lugs Monessen coke upgrade on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh main line. The train will recrew in Punxsutawne... (more)

After a crew change at B&P's Riker yard, a trio of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s notches up and heads into the Pennsylvania night. Bound for Buffalo with a coke train from Monessen, these trains ar... (more)

Easing into the south end of B&P's Riker Yard with Jon Clark at the throttle, a southbound empty Monessen coke train will soon have its power serviced while waiting for clear track south. The thre... (more)

Entering Dubois yard limits, a rebuilt former Southern Pacific SD45 leads a northbound past the beautifully restored Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh (B&O) depot in downtown DuBois. Soon it will mee... (more)

Rocketing into Boston Mills for the second runby, NKP 767 puts on quite a show for those trackside at 2016's "Steam in the Valley" excursions on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.

Passing the original station at the former Jaite paper mill, Fort Wayne's pride and joy is on point of a 2016 "Steam in the Valley" excursion on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Renumbered to ... (more)

An essential step in firing a steam locomotive is the blow-down. This opens the boiler to atmospheric pressure just above the mudring, allowing the steam pressure above the water to force all of t... (more)

With the last trip of the first weekend of "Steam in the Valley" in tow, NKP 765 (masquerading as long-scrapped sister 767) whistles for the Boston Mills Rd. crossing on her way to Akron Northside... (more)

Ghosts of Berkshires Past? You decide. At the head of a sold-out "Steam in the Valley" excursion, NKP 765 (disguised as long-scrapped sister 767) thunders into the station at Boston Mills for a ... (more)

After a successful public debut at Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne's pride and joy rolls northbound on the way home from Denver.

With the return leg of the Cheyenne Frontier Days excursion, the Pride of the Union Pacific steam program rockets across the plains north of Fort Lupton, CO. Big thanks to Mike Burkhart for battl... (more)

With a distant storm casting its darkness to the east, a pair of WATCO six-axles sits quiet in the industrial park southwest of Cheyenne.