Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate Berkshire 765, is preparing to depart Hinton with a private charter trip to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.

UP's restored Big Boy is making its way back west towards the end of July after touring the Midwest. The train passed thru Iowa on July 30 thru August 2 on its westbound trip. The train laid over ... (more)

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate Berkshire 2-8-4 765, brings the New River Train eastbound through Thurmond West Virginia. She is sporting a Mars Light for this year's trips... (more)

Blasting eastbound through the West Virginia New River Gorge at Cotton Hill, Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate Berkshire 2-8-4 765, is masquerading as Chesapeake & Ohio Kanaw... (more)

Nevada Northern 81 drifts through the snow-covered Steptoe Valley on a beautiful February afternoon.

Nevada Northern 81 eases out of the East Ely Engine House shrouded in a cloud of steam in the golden light of morning.

N&W 611 is being serviced in preparation for a northbound run out of Salisbury NC. It was rare to see the engine with a nice patina of road grime like this. It gives it the appearance of an older ... (more)

Cold Steam. Near the end of a very frigid day on a Lerro outing, the 1309 does a runby on the famous Helmstetter's Curve.

Lennox Purinton oils Nevada Northern 81's engineer's side air compressor before its long day of work.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 4500 is a 2-8-2 light Mikado , built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1918. The USRA nationalised the nation's railroad system and these light Mikados were chos... (more)

Remnants of snow fences can still be found along the line. These fences were designed to control the wind-created snowdrifts, keeping them away from the railroad, and not allowing them to drift ac... (more)

Nevada Northern 81 pulls out of the East Ely Engine House as the sun begins to rise.

Nevada Northern 81 eases out of the engine house as the sun casts a golden glow into the engine house.

Engineer Lennox Purinton prepares to service Nevada Northern 81 before its day of work.

A 2-10-2 and an EMD FT set are leading 99 cars, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.