There's not much here to give away the year as late 2013, as Amish wagons wait for Strasburg Railroad 4-8-0 475 and its nine-car train to clear the grade crossing. SRC 475 was built by Baldwin Lo... (more)

Having picked up five freight cars left by NS on the interchange track, SRC 475 pulls slowly back onto "home rails" to collect a caboose and head back to East Strasburg. If you haven't taken adva... (more)

A sunny August morning finds ex-N&W 475 blowing off steam under the wires in Paradise just before picking up five freight cars destined for East Strasburg.

As labor day approaches, the American flag flies proudly as ex-N&W M Class 4-8-0 475 eases downgrade toward Strasburg Station on a warm August afternoon.

Just another day in Paradise - literally!

Strasburg's 4-8-0 #475, former N&W, brings up a RailBox left by NS at Leaman Place Junction as an Amtrak Keystone train flies past, bound for Har... (more)

Rods Up! Strasburg's trusty 4-8-0 returns after another trip through the fields of Lancaster County. What, you say? The rods should be down? Pshaw! Just an arbitrary convention. :) To ... (more)

Norfolk & Western #475 out to pasture - and loving it!

475 pulls its train through Amish Country on the "Road to Paradise"

A Strasburg mixed train works it's way west through Cherry Hill past the cornfields en route back to the yard with a RailBox in tow. Click Railroad: Strasburg Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-0
Location: Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: SRC 475
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 2013

The passenger local arrives at its final destination, passing the engine house on its way to the station. In the distance, the next generation looms.

A Strasburg mixed train makes it's way back to Leaman Place with a caboose and coach in tow. Once there, the crew will pick up a load left by Norfolk Southern and return it to the yard where it w... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's 4-8-0 #475, former N&W, grabs a revenue load left by Norfolk Southern at Leaman Place Junction. As is typical (yes, typical!), the crew will couple to a loaded passenger car... (more)

The 1897 Norfolk & Western #6 Baldwin Locomotive Works and the 1910 Virginian #4 Baldwin Locomotive Works sit in the yard at the VMT.

Former Norfolk & Western #475 heading back towards Strasburg on a windy Spring afternoon.

Strasburg 475 rolls out of Cherry Hill with another train load of happy passengers