Modern power mixes with steam in this 1955 view at Morris Park engine terminal.

Just how many fans will fit into the cab of a 4-6-0? LIRR #28 will attempt to answer that question as it prepares for an excursion. LIRR Class G5s.

#28 goes for a spin on the Morris Pk. turntable to the delight of fans, young and old, gathered for the occasion. Who knows, perhaps that youngster is a railpictures.net contributor in the 21st C... (more)

The era of steam on the Long Island was nearing an end and it was occasion to invite railfans including John and his railfan companion Bill Rosenberg onto the property. Engine #28 goes for a spin... (more)

As the Long Island neared the end of their steam era, fans were invited to the Morris Park enginehouse. LIRR Class G5s.

By the late 1950s, there were just two places in the United States that still featured big-time steam operations: The Norfolk & Western in the Appalachias, and Union Pacific in Wyoming. Cheyenne ... (more)

Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)

A mail train draws a steam assignment on this September day.

John is pleased that a few of his scenes like this are displayed in the Cheyenne Depot Museum honoring the contribution made by railroad employee/citizens of Cheyenne. If you are nearby, stop by.

Every model railroad should have at least one of these..

The shop switch, 0-6-0 #4466, makes a move with a gas-turbine on the table. 4466 was one of 30 such engines that arrived on UP property in 1920 (source: Utahrails.net)

A face in the crowd

Challenger action in the yard at Cheyenne

Calumet Yard, on Chicago's south side, was the home of the last roundhouse built in the United States, completed in 1952. Calumet Yard, on Chicago's south side, was the home of the last roundhouse... (more)

Calumet Yard, on Chicago's south side, was the home of the last roundhouse built in the United States, completed in 1952. By this late date, NKP 173 was used as protection power for the ALCO PAs o... (more)