Train Time!

A friendly wave from the helper engineer on a loaded coal train downhill.

The Strasburg engineer gently glides the first passenger train of the day to the end of the line at Paradise, PA. #90 is still wearing her Great Western livery at the end of the 2006 tourist seas... (more)

WMSR conductor Richard Markle stands on the rear platform of WM caboose 1813 as photographers position for another photo run-by on the photo freight charter. Thanks to Markle and the entire WMSR c... (more)

With 2 minutes before the 6pm departure, fireman Mark St. Aubin and engineer Ricky inspect the fire. The fire has to be perfect in order to tackle the 17 miles of graded track to Frostburg.

The crew talks things over before heading over to the turntable.

One of the greatest experiences in my life was being in the cab of WMSR 734 on a runby during the photo charter. Fireman, Mark St. Aubin, shovels another load into the firebox. Note the pressure g... (more)

A crewman watches NHIR 40 in her as-delivered L&C livery, come to a stop after a runby over the trestle at Little Italy.

Scenery races by as engineer Gary Matthews makes track speed on the Bel-Del (Belvidere and Delaware River Railway) with Susquehanna #142. Many thanks to Gary (the nonstop flashes) and Peter Lerro... (more)

Loco 734 is prepared for the following days work on a wet and gloomy evening.

After a bilzzard, push-pulls were used on the Port Washington Branch until the 3rd rail was cleared by the train on the left. That's the track foreman standing in the picture while his crew sweeps... (more)

The face of railroading. A crewman walks CN 3254 up to the switch just outside of the roundhouse.

The fireman of #90 glances back on his train as the former Great Western Decapod leads the eastbound train away from Cherry Hil on a wet morning in Pennsylvania Amish Country.

NS president Wick Moorman dedicateing the recently repainted FP7 number 6133.