Steamtrain at the Station 'Furka' (2160 meters over sealevel)

It is not uncommon for the summit of Mt. Washington to be in the clouds even when the base is in sun. This rainy humid June day finds the clouds at the base. Undaunted, #9 starts its ascent the ... (more)

David Blackman of Boothbay Railway Village drives a hot rivet into the door ring of WW&F Ry No 9's new boiler. Meanwhile, out of view inside the firebox, BRV's Jason Lamontagne holds a buck again... (more)

"Closing Time, One Last Call For Steam:" The clock is ticking on the western slopes of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Within weeks the sounds of steam will occur only once a da... (more)

Changing of the Guard: After 140 years the guard has changed on Mt. Washington. Starting this summer steam will be only used on one trip a day up the mountain, while John Deere Built locomotives s... (more)

Two Weeks: That's all you have, according to one cog railway employee, to see regular steam on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. With that in mind I headed up Mt. Washington for the long hike to the... (more)

Alcoa SW1500 #9 at the plant in Alcoa, TN

While July is not the recommended time to vacation in Arizona the rates were good so the then wife and I went.I wandered one Sunday morning into Superior knowing somewhere there was some Alco's.... (more)

This White Pass & Youkon trian is dwarfed by this massive Celebritiy cruse ship in the background. This train is picking up passengers for a excursion tour. It's a chilliy spring morning at sea ... (more)

My visit to the Mount Washington Railway was very much influenced by the great pictures of the operation I saw here. And I was not disappointed. "The Cog" is a fascinating steam operation, and I... (more)

The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, a 15in gauge heritage railway in Cumbria. The long line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth in the valley of Eskdale. Here we see River Mite, built in 1967, about... (more)

Essex Terminal Railway No 9 operating on the Waterloo Central Railway warming up on Saturday (September 29, 2007) morning preparing for it’s first run since arriving in Waterloo.

Driver Roger Prince is ready to leave with No.9 "Winston Churchill" on the 11:10 to Dungeness. The 15" gauge pacific was built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co. The locomotive was built along th... (more)

The world's last working Shays outside preservation were on the Philippine island of Negros. Here Lopez Sugar Corporation's no. 9 is shunting sugar cane wagons.

SP Narrow gauge #9 stands in the sun at the Laws Museum