Chicago & North Western "Pioneer Coach." The latest piece of railroad equipment to emerge from the shops of David Kloke is this replica of a Welch & Launder day coach, built in 18... (more)

The Presidential Car "United States." Here's a nicely lit view of David Kloke's replica of President Abraham Lincoln's private railway car "United States". This car was built for the US Mi... (more)

Pondering what might have been..... Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is alone with this thoughts and the remains of his former boss, as he ponders the reconstruction ahead, and what might have bee... (more)

With a little smoke. Our Fireman opens the firing lever just a bit to provide some gray smoke, as our replica of the Lincoln Funeral Train makes its way east toward Philadelphia on the very... (more)

In the cut. Running though the springtime woodlands of South Central Pennsylvania, the train bearing the remains of the 16th President of the United States carefully makes its way from Harr... (more)

Passing Herr's Mill Covered Bridge. Locomotive "Leviathan" whistles for the crossing as the Lincoln Funeral Train passes the Herr's Mill Covered Bridge on the property of Stone Ga... (more)

Running through the woods......in what is now Elizabethtown, PA the train carrying the remains of our 16th President slowly makes its way from Harrisburg to Philadelphia in the April of 186... (more)

Partners in Preservation. The two men who made the Lincoln Funeral Train re-enactment possible pose with the consist prior to the event. On the left is Mr. David Abel, owner of Stone Gable... (more)

Decked out and ready. Engine man Steve Meola poses with locomotive "Leviathan" and her Lincoln Funeral Train consist as they sit decked out in the trappings of official state mour... (more)

Big steam in the shadow of the Wasatch. Union Pacific's mighty Northern #844 steams in the yard at Ogden's Union Station on the eve of the sesquicentennial of the Transcontinental Railroad,... (more)

A Golden Spike in Ogden. UP Senior VP, Scott Moore joins several local dignitaries and a descendant of one of the Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad in a 150th anniv... (more)

Union Pacific - Building America! With "Living Legend" 844 as a backdrop, and flanked by local dignitaries and senior UP Management, UP Chairman and President Lance M. Fritz addre... (more)

Pride of the Central Pacific. The Park Service replica of the Central Pacific Jupiter makes a smoky run-by on the east leg of the Promontory Wye, as she makes her way to the last spike site... (more)

Witnesses to history. Settlers from the Territory of Utah pose with the Central Pacific "Jupiter" after witnessing the "Wedding of the Rails" on May 10th of 1869.

Looking pretty good at age 40! A Park Service Engineer backs the Central Pacific "Jupiter" replica on the east leg of the Promontory Wye, as he positions her for a photo shoot wit... (more)