On its Friday excursion, from Rock Island to Bureau and back, the 765 charges west through Sheffield, along Iowa Interstate's First Subdivision.

#2 Poses in the early morning light before starting the day's work.

This loco was built in Britain to an LMS design for the War Department for use overseas during WW2. Many of these locos ended up in Turkey and in 2010 this and a sister loco were bought by UK enth... (more)

Steam locomotive class 241 A (ex-Est & Etat) of the Est Region 1-241 A 1. This locomotive was the first Mountain type engine in Europe and was built as a prototype in 1924 by the Eastern Railway's... (more)

While still in grey, 3801 is serviced at Moss Vale.

A CNJ survivor in Minersville, PA! The crew of Project #113 have made great strides in their restoration of this large 0-6-0 as seen here in February 26th, 2011. The engine was ste... (more)

My final trip to the C&NW 40th Street Shops was just before May 22, 1956, the last day for C&NW steam in Chicago. The only operational steam locomotives I saw on this visit were several 0-6-0s and... (more)

In 1946 four 25 year old F-19 C&O Pacifics were converted by the C&O to class L-1 Hudsons (490-493). They were modernized with new cast frames, Poppet valves, roller bearings on all axles, the lat... (more)

In December of 1976 the Freedom Train was finishing up its' tour of the United States. December 10-15 saw the train, led by SP 4449, in St. Petersburg. Early in the morning of December 12, 1976, S... (more)

How many Vandy tenders working these days? And with a vestibule yet. Yes, NWP. I've heard the story of why but have forgotten. Help! And with apologies to Jimmy Buffet.....I now know, I now k... (more)

Southbound excursion has let a few die-hards off for some shots. What's not in this photo? It was done right, special excursion, special price and people who really wanted to be there.

Impressive even in the rain.

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la Crampton N°80 fait escale au dépot de Chaumont entre deux séquences de tournage pour le cinéma.

This is not something you see every day. The 142 has had all 96 of her tubes removed. So that you could see many of the tube holes, the Chief Mechanical Officer set up two lights inside the boiler... (more)