Smoke drifts from #14's stack between runs on the Fall Spectacular weekend

Middletown & New Jersey's classic 44-tonner leads a single boxcar south through a tranquil scene on its way toward Slate Hill.

Two days after one of Roanoke's biggest snow storms of the past few decades, railroad activity is still relatively light. Here we see 15T rolling into town after battling drifts to the north.

New Year's Day 2010 finds CSX's Blue Ridge Sub a busy place. A loaded southbound coal train crosses the trestle over Lake James which still wears Clinchfield paint.

The ex-Clinchfield RR through western North Carolina is a tribute to the power of good engineering and construction. The trestles in the southern part of the route were built to last; even the 40-... (more)

New Hope & Ivyland #40 stands out against the snow-covered fields of southeastern PA as it steams toward Lahaska with the 12:30 excursion.

#40 is high-tailing it through the most popular photo spot on the line with the 12:30 excursion.

The cold weather means lots of steam as the engineer looks over the running gear of #40 between afternoon excursions.

Brightleaf Square in downtown Durham is lit up for the holidays as NS 349 streaks across a bridge against a cold winter sky.

A pair of catfish lead and unbelievably long string of empty coal hoppers into Lynchburg, crossing the Cotton Mill Trestle over a ball field that's seen better days.

Lynchburg's historic Kemper Street Station dates back to 1912 when the Southern Railway completed their current mainline routing (including the high trestle over the James River north of town). To... (more)

The crew of the East Broad Top turns #14 during the Fall Spectacular weekend.

Let me take this opportunity to shay "Happy Holidays" to everyone! Sorry, sorry, that was terrible. Back in 1992, the Pine Creek Railroad at Allaire State Park was still running multiple steam eng... (more)

Sweatin' Steel! If I recall correctly, my father took me out of my 2nd grade class to go see the crew in the Strasburg shops change tires on one of their steam locos. A very educational field trip... (more)

It's sunset literally and figuratively for the GE box cabs in commuter service on the CN around Montreal.