Side profile showing the machinery of world's only operating Willamette works the Mineral Yard during an excursion for the 2011 convention of the NRHS being held in Tacoma.

An unusual view of 0-4-0 saddle tank No.2. Built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, the loco is currently undergoing overhaul and is seen minus its boiler in the engine shed at Marley Hill on the Ta... (more)

Railcar BDe 4/4 2 (built in 1943 !) of the Bière-Apples-Morges (BAM) with cars B 73 and B 72 with open platforms on a photo charter (AGMT) near Apples.

On the very last day of this section of line, train 3669 from Lucerne to Engelberg, with cab car ABt 928 and railcar BDeh 4/4 2 on the rear, is passing Reinerts. On this evening, the line was clos... (more)

The Lake Region Pioneer Thresher Association's tiny French 0-4-0T steams through a driving rain on the Dalton Decauville Railroad. The engine was built by Decauville of Corbil, France in 1914 and... (more)

The Snowdon Star, built in 1947, provides lake trips up and down Llyn Padarn in Wales' magnificent Snowdonia National Park. The Hunslet tank engine in the background is 43 years older but still pe... (more)

A Carl Franz charter on the Cass Scenic. The color version of this did not work because there was too much contrast between the fog shrouded woods and the dark engine, but in black and white I th... (more)

Bisso #2 departs it’s former home at Bisso Towing Company on May 3rd, 2010. Turner Industries provided the muscle, while LASTA members Richie Jacobs and “Mr. Charlie” Gholar provided the eng... (more)

While traveling on Route 66 the generator on my 52 Ford failed and we spent an unexpected day in Flagstaff getting it repaired. That provided time for a quick early morning visit to the SWLM log ... (more)

"Mr. Charlie" oversees the salvage of Bisso #2, tender first, in a "roll on-roll off" transportaion manuever. The 1907 Alco 0-6-0 and tender were salvaged by the Louisiana Steam Train Association ... (more)

1863-built 'Prince', built by George England to prove the practicality and viability of narrow gauge steam power, and still going strong, heads a special working of Victorian carriages during the ... (more)

1863-built George England tender-tank 'Prince' together with sister engine (should that be brother engine?) 'Palmerston' double-head an evening special working on the 2-gauge Ffestniog railway dur... (more)

Semaphore and Steam at Sunol
The Quincy Railroad Company #2 2-6-2 tank engine, built in 1924, is working hard up the grade en route to the depot at Sunol, California. QRC #2 would power... (more)

Shay 2 and 11 generate a lot of smoke and noise as they double-head a log train up the steep 8.7% grade approaching Whitaker Station.

Up Dandenong goods.