VGN GE EL-2B #125 at Elmore, WV || February 1957 Photo by Bob Drake, Collection of Tom Sink.

Just Like The Posters: When Great Northern Railway promoters tried to sell the wilds of Montana to potential travelers, this is what they were thinking of; tall mountains, rapid rivers, stu... (more)

In the early morning light, CSXT 898 leads a loaded coal train over the massive Limeville bridge.

Virginian #215 leading eastbound train #4 at Victoria, VA || Nov 1955. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

It's train time in Savannah, Georgia. On a sunny day in March, 1922, The Florida Cuba Special has just arrived with engineer J. A. Preacher at the throttle of Seaboard Air Line 4-6-2 827. After th... (more)

Virginian steam locomotives resting at Princeton, WV in this February 1957 view. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Northern Pacific 4-8-4 2604 was one of twelve Class A 4-8-4s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926. They had 73" drivers, 28 x 30 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 210 lbs, and could exert 57... (more)

Florida East Coast 4-6-2 145, Class 151, was one of 87 ALCO built 4-6-2s purchased between 1907 and 1922. FEC 145 had 68" drivers, 22 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 180 lbs, and produced ... (more)

Steamtown's CN 3254 blasts upgrade out of Scranton on its way to Moscow.

Atlantic Coast Line 4-8-2 Class J-1 1405 was one of five 4-8-2s built by ALCO in 1924 for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad as their class P-1. They were sold to ACL in World War II for ... (more)

Boston & Maine Class J 4-4-2 3200 was built by Baldwin in 1895 for the Concord & Montreal as their class 33. This was the first Atlantic type that offered all the qualities of the design, i.e., fi... (more)

Well, thanks to a 'heads up' from my friend Ian, I was able to finally get some shots of one of the 2 Coors Silver Bullet units. Here we see 6445 after arriving on #73 in Windsor. Someone was wa... (more)

Spokane Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 701 was one of three Class E-1 4-8-4s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in May, 1938. They were virtually identical to the Northern Pacific Class A-3 except that t... (more)

Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)

Wabash F-6 Moguls were built in 1901-03 in a cross compound 4 cylinder arrangement, but soon after the large class of cross-compounds entered service most were rebuilt into F7 single expansion 2 c... (more)