Boone & Scenic Valley GP9R 751 (on the left) was acquired last year in trade for an ex-Union Pacific tunnel motor. Built for Minneapolis & St. Louis and later serving on Wisconsin Southern, it's ... (more)

Bangor & Aroostook presented this nearly-original-condition EMD BL2, named the "American Railfan," to the Cole Land Transportation Museum in 1982. The only thing missing are the tractio... (more)

Last time it was a couple of donkeys. This time it was an irritable rooster that wanted to challenge my right to photograph West Virginia's most colorful 0-4-0T at Cool Springs Park near Rowelsbu... (more)

Hallowed Ground: the interior of the 1884 Mount Clare roundhouse of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, now home to the B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore. On the right is B&O 4-4-0 No. 25 (Mason Machine ... (more)

These three locomotives were preserved in 1892-93 by J. G. Pangborn and exhibited by the B&O at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Today, beautifully restored, they're showcased in ... (more)

Strasburg's ex-New York Central SW8 has just retrieved a boxcar from the NS interchange at Paradise and is heading for Strasburg ahead of the regular passenger train.

No. 611 leads the Amish Edition of the Powhatan Arrow through the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside on a wet spring day.

The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee is a two-mile standard gauge railroad that operates on the grounds of Historic Prairie Village in Madison, South Dakota. The primary motive power is 0... (more)

The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee is a two-mile standard gauge railroad that operates on the grounds of Historic Prairie Village in Madison, South Dakota. Although the line is a loop, a sho... (more)

The lines formerly operated by Dakota Southern are now being operated by WATCO's Ringneck & Western, meaning that the Dakota Southern equipment has to be removed. A former Missouri Pacific Jordan... (more)

Dakota Southern No. 213 is a long, long way from New York, where it used to run in commuter service as Long Island Railroad 213. The track that Dakota Southern operated in South Dakota are now bei... (more)

Dakota Southern 506 started life in 1954 as Milwaukee Road 2232. It was painted in this scheme during 1989 to celebrate South Dakota's centennial. It's now facing an uncertain future, as the tra... (more)

In the consist of the BN-CP Transfer on this hot August evening are Keokuk Junction Railway F9's 1761 and 1750, which are headed to their new owner in Saskatchewan. It's not very often that you s... (more)

BNSF 1428 leads the BN-CP Transfer through Newport with a delivery for Canadian Pacific. In the consist are former Keokuk Junction Railway F9's 1761 and 1750, which are headed to their new owner ... (more)

One of CP's big SD70ACU's rolls down the BNSF joint track at St. Paul Park, Minnesota.