The then recently rebuilt Red Devil arrives shortly after sunrise on a charter train comprised of a number of old SAR passenger coaches.

The pride of the Reefseamers stable drift downgrade past the Slabberts grain silos. Fortunately for the photographer, the firemen on both engines had turned on their mechanical stokers to prepare... (more)

Alco - built No 2056 pilots Class 15F No 3016 on a Steam Loco Safaris Special in the early Southern Hemisphere winter. The train was bound for Ficksburg. This deep valley was a favourite locatio... (more)

To the delight of the attending photographers, the sun made an appearance from an ominous sky, illuminating the special Reefsteamers train on the return journey from Ficksburg in the vivid greens ... (more)

Taken the summer the MTA became the MBTA, appears to be a fantrip.

Restored Southern 401 taking on water the weekend of its maiden runs.

Inside the engine house engineer Jeff sits behind the controls of restored steam engine Southern 401 the day of its inaugural runs.

WM 734 On Carl Franz Photo Special

A WM excursion to Gettsburg, May 1955, gets ready to depart. Scheduled passenger service to Gettysburg ended 12/31/42. This view is one of a group of restored Ansco-Color slides in a collection ... (more)

A 1955 PRR K4-led train took riders to the WM. At Gettysburg they take a few shots of their train now powered by Alco RS-3s. The first car in the otherwise all-PRR passenger consist is a WM ca... (more)

D.C. Transit cars looked clean and appealing right to the very end in 1962. Nearly 60 years later, streetcars have made a return in the nation's Capital. There appears to be another car in the d... (more)

Today's UP special is running on schedule as it flys through the former double track at Shirley, Illinois just after a crew change in Bloomington. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Northbound thru San Clemente