PHOTO JEAN PIERRE HAMEAU These american built Mikados are waiting for a next train. In the shadow of the shed in the background, is hidden their foe: a diesel engine. Four years later, steam ... (more)

This is a shot I obtained many years from the late Shelby Lowe. The subject is Southern Ts-class Mountain 1459--a Knoxville Division engine that was then handling trains 27-28, the Carolina Specia... (more)

The Mojave in Black - As AT&SF 3751 rolls through Amboy California with the Grand Canyon Excursion Train in tow, the desert landscape can be seen reflected in the paint on the long ho... (more)

Taking her medicine. The crew of Valley Railroad Locomotive 3025 prepares her for a few days of "cold" storage by injecting water treatment chemicals directly into her boiler. These chemic... (more)

LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45305 and BR Standard Class 7 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, out with their support coach, on a positioning move to Bristol Barton Hill depot prior to working the Great Briton IV... (more)

The 12.13 mile Graham County Railroad operated between Topton and Robbinsville from the wye at Junction, the interchange with the Southern Railroad’s Murphy freight only branch. Graham County Sh... (more)

Smoky Mountain 4-6-2 No 110 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November, 1911 for the Little River Railroad in Tennessee. She has 47" drivers, 16 x 22 inch cylinders, operates at 180 psi... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No 1629 was built by the Lima Locomotive Company in 1944, one of 25 Alleghenies in the third order of these locomotives. These H-8 Class single-expansion articulateds had... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No 1629 was built by the Lima Locomotive Company in 1944, one of 25 Alleghenies in the third order of these locomotives. These H-8 Class single-expansion articulateds had... (more)

Steam locomotive class 241 A (ex-Est & Etat) of the Est Region 1-241 A 1. This locomotive was the first Mountain type engine in Europe and was built as a prototype in 1924 by the Eastern Railway's... (more)

In one of my earlier succesful railway photos BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No 92006 receives the finishing touches from the works painters after receiving a heavy general overhaul in Swindon Works ... (more)

It's december with snow on the ground and a light snow in the air. Steamer K 563, built in 1899, is ready to depart with a Christmas special.

In the cab of the ex french steamlocomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2), which is the largest fired by hand in Europe (without stoker)

SNCF 4-8-2s 241 P 31 and 241 P 25 are serviced at the Chaumont shops