A sight that will be missing this year. no snow and, more importantly, no Santa Specials because of a lockdown in the north east of England. Here No 49 leads a Santa special to the North Pole wher... (more)

Wilmington & Western 58 reaches the end of the journey for today, nearing her stopping point for the Santa Steam Special. Here she is pictured going over bridge 11A, the only Truss bridge on the W... (more)

Wilmington & Western 58 moves an eight car train through the massive Mount Cuba Rock Cut. This photo location is often overlooked and barely ever shot. When the railroad was being constructed, tra... (more)

Wilmington & Western 58 heads through the small "Town" of Wooddale.

USATC Davenport in service in Kakanj

USATC Davenport in service in Kakanj

The Jersey Central's massive 0-6-0 No. 113 is getting ready for a day of hauling Santa Claus Specials in this November 2019 photo. The 1923-built Alco can exert 46,000 pounds of tractive effort.

In 40 years of chasing steam trains, this had to be one of the most impressive smoke plumes that I had ever witnessed- the CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in a steady drizzle, working upgrade along the West Bra... (more)

The Strasburg's 0-6-0 No. 31 is climbing the grade at the Cherry Hill "station," passing the famous sign- "Pop. 17 (More or Less.)" No. 31 (CN 7312) was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

Tthe locomotive LAG 7 (Lokalbahn AG, a former private bavarian Railroad company) was built in 1889 and is the oldest normal gauge steam engine in Germany, that is in Service, exhibtid in the BEM. ... (more)

Sunshine On A Cloudy Day. Reunited with its tender, former New York Central Railroad #6721(B-11k 0-6-0, Alco Schenectady, 1913) is one of eight surviving NYC steam engines. On the afternoon of Sun... (more)

A view of the Strasburg's old "egg" emblem on the tender of ex-CN 0-6-0 No. 7312, built in 1908 by Baldwin. Note the generous headroom above the firing deck. Restored in 1960, the loco... (more)

Hocking Valley No. 3 trundles through the Ohio countryside with the 2:30 train to Logan.

1983 Santa Claus Special heading back to Strasburg with 31 in command.