An unusual two engine train approaches Coxo Crossing on the C&TS. Not strictly speaking a "double-header" but not a mid-train helper either, this unusual configuration was due to the need for ext... (more)

Est Railway 4-6-0 No 3.628 at La Villette shed, Paris in 1935. There were originally 390 of these four-cylinder compound locos built for the Est Railway in 1901-12. They became SNCF type 230B and ... (more)

Er (0-10-0) steam locomotive make shunting operations at Sortavala station before going with the train "The Ruskeala Express". The Ruskeala Express is Russia's first daily steam-powered tourist ro... (more)

Er796-46 (0-10-0 built in 1952 by MAVAG in Budapest for the Soviet Union) steam locomotive make shunting operations at Sortavala station before going with the train "The Ruskeala Express". The Rus... (more)

Not such a gem. Nord vertical boilered 0-4-0T No 2.014 was photographed at the La Chapelle Depot, Paris in 1935. There were 35 of these little engines known as 'Ink Pots' built in 1878-89. Photo b... (more)

A little Gem. Nord Railway 4-4-0T No 2.363 is receiving some repairs at Boulogne shed in 1937. Seventy of these neat little engines were built by four companies in 1892-95. Former Prussian (KPEV) ... (more)

Soviet steam locomotives class 2-10-0 "L" with tourist passenger train goes from Sortavala to Ruskeala park (Karelia Republic). That train @Ruskeal.express runs regularly every day on this route. ... (more)

Est Railway 4-6-2 No 31023 waits at La Villette ready to reverse down to the Gare de l'Est, Paris in 1934. It was one of 40 Pacifics built in 1914-23 that later became SNCF class 231B and were sup... (more)

Are you busy at 1100? The East Broad Top Railroad has publicized that they have an announcement for the public on February 14, 2020 at 1100. Since the railroad ceased operations in 2011, speculati... (more)

Something no longer seen on passenger trains today are the wisps of steam that, on cooler days, enveloped much of the train. Amtrak SDP40F 503, powering San Diegan 770, is clearly equipped with a... (more)

Two rare EMD relics from the past(and a caboose) sit silently awaiting their pick up from the Battenkill local(the run was cancelled today due to no loads delivered yet by the Pan Am) to head nor... (more)

"The Last Run of the GG-1," a special train operated by NJT in October of 1983; tickets were $1. The Gs look a bit odd under the modern cat poles. For one last time, we rode behind a G... (more)

The class LV locomotive was designed as a successor to the class L 2-10-0, which had been a successful design developed during World War II. However, by the late 1940s some drawbacks to the design... (more)