Waiting in a field near the Wisconsin/Illinois border, I hear the faint whistle of a steam locomotive. She's close, I can feel the rumble. Blowing for every crossing in between me and it, the smok... (more)

Steam in the Valley 2016

"The Varsity" Steam Excursion with Nickel Plate 765 crosses a bridge along Fox Lake during its eastbound return trip to Chicago from Janesville, WI with Metra Train 942. The train will ... (more)

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 1944 Lima 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at the Metra Western Avenue Shop after spending the afternoon on display at Franklin Park Fest's Railroad Day. Tomorro... (more)

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 1944 Lima 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at the Metra Western Avenue Shop after spending the afternoon on display at Franklin Park Fest's Railroad Day. Tomorrow... (more)

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 1944 Lima 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at the Metra Western Avenue Shop after spending the afternoon on display at Franklin Park Fest's Railroad Day. Tomorrow... (more)

The sun has come out late on the afternoon of a mostly cloudy day as NKP 765 speeds westbound with the excursion back to Bellevue from Orrville.

Nickel Plate Berkshire no. 765 and tool car have been turned at Orrville and will couple onto the excursion back to Bellevue on the former W&LE.

Nickel Plate S-2 765 is about to pass underneath at Monroeville with a Bellevue - Orrville excursion. The misty morning air picks out both the headlight beam and the oscillating light mounted abov... (more)

There is not a whole lot that sounds and looks better than a pair of Lima built Berks hauling a freight train at sunrise... it really doesn't get much better at all.

Nickel Plate 765 wheels the eastbound New River Train through the Kanawha River Valley approaching Kanawha Falls, West Virginia.

With a replenished water supply, Nickel Plate 765 storms out of Montgomery, West Virginia.. The fourth coach of 1986 New River Train is rolling past the fire department tanker that provided the fi... (more)

The eastbound 1986 New River Train takes a pause at Montgomery, West Virginia. Nickel Plate 765 simmers while the local fire department fills its tank.

Nickel Plate Road 765 blasts past the small pond on the ground of The Conrad Botzum Farmstead.

NKP 765 arrives into Franklin Park with its deadhead move. From here it will shove back to Metra's Western Ave Yard.