Heavy switcher #244 grabs some nice backlight on a hazy August day enroute to it's assignment amongst the blooming Virginia thistle.

Class SB #248 works the yard.

Southern 1894 a display locomotive, got incorporated into the Holiday Light display at Tanglewood Park. The loco is former Illinos Central.

During a shunting break a little photoshooting took place in the station of Shixi. It was taken in April 2010. (scanned slide)

Wieliczka Salt Mine - Steam locomotive set as a technical monument. Quote of the information board: "Tkp "Slask" Steam locomotive - Steam locomotives of this type were produced in the Locomotiv... (more)

Virginian steam switcher power, Princeotn, WV - July 1954. Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink collection.

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Corpet Louvet nr 22, 36, 11 and Mallet 101 in Tence

Corpet Louvet nr 22

A sunny day at the Shibanxi narrow gauge line in Southern China! Once a hidden gem, the railroad becomes more and more popular with tourists now: both railfans and "normal" tourists from nearby Ch... (more)

A very unique railroad existed on Chicago's far south side. Owned by the H. Bairstow & Company, the approximately one mile long Indian Hill and Iron Range Railway served only one purpose. The rail... (more)

One of the ubiquitous Chinese C2-type narrow gauge steam locomotives is #7 of the Jiayang Coal Mining Administration, stopping here on at Caiziba halt with one of the scheduled daily passenger tra... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

This was an incredible experience to stand between two steam locos on the Huanan Forestry Railway