Here you see an Amtrak GG-1 pulling a NJ Transit train it picked up in South Amboy. It is about to dive into the Hudson tunnel and Penn Station is minutes away. A NY/NJ railfan didn't have to go t... (more)

You are looking at the world's most powerful articulated steam locomotive, C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny 1601. It and it's brethren were rated for 7,498 horsepower at 46 MPH. Interesting how single un... (more)

C&O 1601's cab is immaculate at the Ford Museum. Here is a fun fact, if you pull the throttle, you get steam sound effects. Cool! To keep people from tripping on the grate shakers the museum has... (more)

The last E/L E8, Erie 833 was returned to its as-delivered livery courtesy of its new owner, the New York & Greenwood Lake Railway in 2009. It was sitting on a spoke of the operating turntable in ... (more)

The DeWitt Clinton and C&O 1601 composite the greatest display of alpha and omega design I have ever seen. Any observer can grasp the genealogy of steam locomotive engineering with this tableau. ... (more)

I have never seen this before in a lifetime of ferroequinology: the view from a locomotive window on a spinning turntable. I can tell you, it was easy, it didn't take long and it was fun. I recomm... (more)

The Scranton dispatcher and a hanging fern enjoy the warmth of the tower while 467 shivers in the first snow of the year. See William's version here. [photoid=296633]

CPR 2317 shuffles a car in the Scranton yard while ignoring the snow. A great day for me since steam in the snow is as rare as an identical snowflake!

CPR 2317, decked out with a holiday wreath, gets a dusting on the last day of Steamtown's season. I learned that day the good news that a few of 2317's "days" were saved so that the locomotive wou... (more)

3254's engineer and brakeman get ready to pull back with it's passenger train during the first snow and last run of the season. They will set out the cars, turn 3254 on the table, and lay up the 9... (more)

Steamtown's UP No. 4012 "Big Boy" enjoys tranquility with the season's first snow.

Steamtown's CNR 3254 has brought the sold out "Holiday Express" up from Scranton. The brakeman gets back in the cab after helping disconnect the train heat pipe. '54 can now pull ahead, do a blowd... (more)

Steamtown's CNR 3254 runs around it's train, the "Holiday Express," in Moscow PA during the season's first snowfall. This was Steamtown's last trip of 2009. Steam in the snow was an early holiday ... (more)

Steamtown's "Holiday Express" arrives in Moscow PA during the season's first snowfall. Parents are enjoying a day out and kids are on the lookout for the Santa that is in the station. This was Ste... (more)

"Cedar Rapids" brings up the rear of a Train Festival 2009 excursion pulled by SP 4449. In 1948 it was built with three siblings by the Milwaukee Road. CMO K.F. Nystrom supervised the building of ... (more)