Little River 4-6-2 110, the smallest standard gauge Pacific ever built, slows as she brings an hourly excursion trip back into Owosso, past the former Woodard Furniture Company, now home to the Wr... (more)

Eight active engines in one shot... sort of. The eight active steam engines that attended TrainFestival 2009 pose around the turntable at the beginning of Friday's night photo session. From... (more)

With the fourth and final all-day excursion in tow, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765 stomps northward out of Owosso past the former Robbins Furniture Company building, now the Powerhouse Gym. Click more)

Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 rolls past an abandoned grain elevator complex just north of downtown Ashley, Michigan with the first of four full-day excursions from Owosso to Alma and return during ... (more)

This was the front of the photo line for the third runby on Saturday's all-day excursion with NKP 765, substituting for Pere Marquette 1225. I see at least one RP member in this shot; are there an... (more)

After a long day of pulling passengers through California, Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 4449 rests on the turntable while the night hostler checks on a nearby unknown engine.

This was the scene that greeted every engine that left the SRI grounds with an excursion (SP 4449, NKP 765, LRR 110) during TrainFestival 2009. Every day, every crossing, from 4-lane highways to d... (more)

Daylight derailed. Two crew members get in position to keep an eye on 4449's lead axle, which picked a switch and derailed as she was on her way to Saturday's night photo session. Wi... (more)

After the crowds had departed for the final time on Sunday evening, only a few dozen people are around to watch the Leviathan take a spin on the turntable. Directly above, the B-25 that had been c... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Office CAr Special curves off the former N&W H-Line bridge over the Shenandoah River and onto the connector to the former Southern B-Line to Manassas. The track in the foregroun... (more)

Stopping traffic. There's not much traffic to stop on the streets of Owosso as Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 departs for one last set of runbys during Historic Transport Preservation's April 20... (more)

Originally built in 1966 as an SD40, NS 3429 soldiers on in 2009, having been rebuilt to an SD40-2 in April 1993. Except for the missing Conrail lettering on the nose, her "Dress Blue" has held up... (more)

As her headlight pierces through the night air, Wilmington & Western 4-4-0 rests after returning to Greenbank with the Fireworks Express. In a few minutes, she will back slowly out of the station ... (more)

With American flags flying, Wilmington & Western bursts out of the woods and approaches Old Wilmington Road with a special evening excursion to view the Fourth of July fireworks display in nearby ... (more)

After putting her coaches away after a long day of excursions, Viscose Company 0-4-0 6 eases past the Arcade & Attica enginehouse, where A&A 2-8-0 18 already simmers quietly and A&A 4-6-0 14 sits ... (more)