N&W Y6 2142 leaves Blue Ridge with the eastbound local freight after switching the stone crusher there.

Three steam locomotives on display at Green Bay. From left to right we have Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 23, Soo Line 4-6-2 2718, and AT&SF 2-10-4 5017. Despite what it looks like, the museum... (more)

Doubleheaded QJ 2-10-2s pull a westbound freight towards Daban. This trip with FarRail of Germany was the last of four trips to China and steam was now restricted to the Chabuga - Daban portion of... (more)

To help celebrate her new excursion career, the 765 pulled a short freight train for members of the Fort Wayne group, and the Hoosier Valley museum.

The sunlight was dramatic and the hills very lush as Y6a 2158 pushes the afternoon freight headed by two other Y6 locomotives.

This train was at the end of my August 1958 visit to Roanoke. It had rained quite hard that afternoon but then the sun broke through dramatically. Two Y6s pull on an eastbound freight and the lead... (more)

Y6 2150 on the local freight from Roanoke steams under the small road bridge near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade.

An eastbound coal drag behind Y6 2129 and class A 1216 pull upgrade near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade. I met several other railfans on this trip and one of them must have been Jerry Carson ... (more)

Y6b 2179 is one of the newer engines and is on pusher duty this morning. The engine pushes a coal drag pulled by Y6 2129 and class A 1216. The level of water in the tender is evident in the August... (more)

The late afternoon light illuminates the details of Y6a 2167 as it awaits another eastbound freight to push up the Blue Ridge grade.

Passing a freight at Spring Garden

Two QJ 2-10-2s pull upgrade with a westbound freight towards Galadesitai.

6891 & 6925 have just left tunnel 6 on the third level above Reshui with a westbound freight late in the day.

6778 pulls an eastbound freight late in the afternoon on my second trip to China. The local passenger train was waiting at Yamenmiao station for this train to clear.

Ingredients for a successful photo charter. A dirty, grimy steam locomotive: Check. Some vintage freight cars: Check. A small pond for reflection: Check. Clear, blue skies: Check. Year: Any... (more)