ATSF 3751 sits on the once Santa Fe Redondo Turntable in Amtrak's 8th Street Yard as part of Steve Crise's night photo shoot, organized by the San Bernardino Rail Historical Society. Models and an... (more)

A track maintenance crew pulls up to check on 3751's crew after a full day of hard work. This is just one of many scenes recreated the 21st century at the now Amtrak owned 8th street yard as part ... (more)

The San Bernardino Rail Historical Society with permission from Amtrak hosted a rare night photo shoot on the grounds of Amtrak's 8th Street Yard. With the help of Steve Crise and his fantastic ph... (more)

The 2017 N&W Historical Society convention, was held at Strasburg Rail Road. Friday night, after torrential downpours, and 100% humidity, the night photo shoot commenced. N&W 475, made a timeless ... (more)

The 2017 N&W Historical Society convention, was held at Strasburg Rail Road. Friday night, after torrential downpours, and 100% humidity, the night photo shoot commenced. N&W 475, made a timeless ... (more)

Even if for only a brief moment, a glimpse of what an earlier period in time looked, sounded, and smelled like transcends generations when great machines of the past come to life.

Smog, smoke, steam, the reflections of the loco in the puddles, the smell of burning coal, the orange headlight from the engine, the train crew going about their final inspections of the loco befo... (more)

N&W 611 simmers the night before 6 half-day excursions out of Roanoke on Memorial Day Weekend, 2017

The calm before the storm. Late Friday night found a freshly washed N&W 611 with a skeleton night crew tending the banked fire overnight. The next three days would be a powerhouse weekend with the... (more)

Blacksburg, Virginia 1952: the hostler preps M Class locomotive for a day on the high iron. Well maybe, not 1952, but 2017 instead. I find it continually fascinating that we can still experience s... (more)

Floating in a cloud of steam, Hostler Earl Knoob preps the M Class air compressor evoking images of yesteryear on the Norfolk and Western.

San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society Night Photo Shoot. Permission provided by SBRHS.

San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society Night Photo Shoot. Permission provided by SBRHS.

“Wartime Travel” San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society volunteer’s ad drama to this scene that was part of a fund raising shoot for the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society to he... (more)

In a scene that could have occurred in many places up and down the eastern seaboard during the 1940s, SAL "Decapod" 544 poses on the point of a short local freight as a passenger train s... (more)