On one of it's last excursions, CN No. 3254 steams at Moscow, hooked up to it's train and ready to return to Scranton.

In honor of the "Four & a Quarter" moving again this week, here it is at one of it's previous excursions. I did it in black & white to see it without it's normal bright blue. Note how much air can... (more)

The N or the Q train goes back to the City to bring another load of tired workers back home under a for-real salmon colored sky in Sunnyside Queens New York.

The setting sun graces the tops of sinuous subway cars on the Number 7 elevated line as well as lighting up the utility wires like holiday garlands on a warm summer evening in Queens.

ACELA, the fastest train in America flies over a lowly New York City subway N train at Ditmars Station in Astoria Queens. Lowly it is until you remember the N train and it's kin carry 5 million pe... (more)

During the sunset of yet another workday, the F train huffs and puffs into Brooklyn's Smith and 9th Station, which at 87', is the tallest on the whole New York City transit system.

Here you see a shot from the not long ago good old days at Steamtown. CN No. 3254 is in the background with sister Mike No. 3377 in the foreground. No. 337 is younger of the two and her wheels an... (more)

I think if a vote were taken, the UP Big Boy would be voted as the best looking big steam locomotive of all time. It has a nice big tapered boiler mated to a long unjacketed smoke box on one end a... (more)

The Conductor-Trainee, following safety procedure, is "walking" the No. 3254 out the Gangway track at Steamtown to make sure no civilians are in any danger. The hulking Mikado obediently follows. ... (more)

I hope to do this shot with No. 4014 someday soon.

Soon...

Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 slowly comes together in the Steamtown Shop.

This does not look like much does it? A piece of secondary track on a grey day with a conductor heading back to his engine during a workday. Ah, but if these rails could talk! For this is Carbond... (more)

The are few places that are more insane or awesome as a moving steam locomotive cab. It is made of antique metal, crazy appurtenances, an inferno inches away, dirt, banging plates, clanking chain... (more)

CN No. 3254 getting steam up in the Scranton roundhouse. All locomotives get bigger inside, even medium size locos like No. 3254. Unfortunately, this was to be the locos last season. It is unknown... (more)