The Fireman is looking for the signal from the conductor to move his train down the line.

Tim Sposato,head of the OC steam dept. patiently waits for the diesel train to leave so he can pull Ohio Central 1293 up to the crossing to fill the tender with water

The guard makes sure the train is ready to depart as its engine fills the platform with steam.

His work completed, the morning hostler dismounts and prepares to hand over the big N&W 12-Wheeler to the crew who will run her this day. Note the fresh lettering on the tender. The railroad h... (more)

Mark St Aubin baling coal into 734's greedy firebox. The stoker is not working this day, and Mark will get a workout, hand bombing the old girl all the way to Frostburg.

The face of heritage railroading is rapidly changing as a new generation moves in to carry the torch. Conductor Kara calls the shots on the White Mountain Central's hourly trains. Her regular p... (more)

The Northbound Palmetto pulls into King St. Station as a conductor enjoys the view from the baggage car.

Making his job a little easier, a Reading & Northern crewman shovels coal towards the front of the coal bunker while 425 sits in Jim Thorpe before heading back south.

After a long day working Union Station, this railroader catches a ride back to Ivy City engine terminal.

A brakeman waits patiently with his train while CN 7312 moves a couple of cars around the yard.

Steve Sandberg and the MILW 261.

These artifacts of railroad history haven't seen action in years but with a little bit of magic, who would know?

The morning shift has just come on duty. Their first task, push the units that need work today into their assigned bays.

Truly a dirty job. Its nearly midnight and the shop crew are hard at work to fix a broken spring on the trailing truck under the still red hot firebox.

Firing up Strasburg 31 (CN 7312) outside the shop building. The crew takes good care of the smallest steam locomotive on the roster, which was the first to run in tourist service at Strasburg.