Hanging out with an "honorary" steam engine. Tremont & Gulf #30 sits at the depot in Rusk, Texas with her photo freight, sharing the yard with one of the Texas State Railroad's di... (more)

A locomotive as big as Texas. Squirreled away in a shed on the grounds of the Texas State Railroad, sits a locomotive worthy of the Whyte Classification "Texas." This monstrous 2... (more)

Everything is bigger in Texas. Here's a rear-quarter view of the massive Texas & Pacific 610, a 1927 Lima 2-10-4, seen here on display in the yard at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, ... (more)

King of the Maine 2-Footers. In the year 2020, there are just 5 surviving steam locomotives from Maine's 2-foot common carrier railroads. Of the 5, the engine you see here is the rightful... (more)

Welcome back "Steam in the Snow." After a 5 year hiatus, the recent return to service of Conway Scenic Railroad's beefy 0-6-0 #7470 once again allowed the Mass. Bay Railroad Enthu... (more)

Just before bedding down for the night, the Conway Scenic Railroad's 0-6-0 #7470 is seen on the North Conway, NH turntable with fireman Connor Maher discussing the plan and time with brother/condu... (more)

Following the arrival of the second Believe in Books chartered North Pole Express train, Conway Scenic 0-6-0 #7470 switches out several cars before preparing to head back to the roundhouse for the... (more)

A Nevada Northern Railway conductor slowly brings steam locomotives No. 40 and No. 93 back to a hook on a string of boxcars and passenger coaches as the epic, doubleheader prepares to depart for a... (more)

The Nevada Northern Railway's rotary snowplow, on the list of equipment to one day be restored to be fully operational once again, is pulled back through the yard by the shortline's Alco diesels w... (more)

Within the final two weeks of their operations, the Eastern Illinois Railroad Company is still making their customers happy. After getting the ice off the engine and making sure it's ready to go, ... (more)

ATSF 92 makes some yard moves under a colorful sunset at IRMs night operations.

"Insta-Track" (TM). At the WW&F Railway Museum, track-laying definitely follows a very scripted process. Once a pair of rails are in place, crews immediately begin attaching tem... (more)

As much of Southern California is slammed by a passing storm front, the skies have begun to clear over the Santa Paula Valley. Those clear skies are briefly interrupted, however, by the rising smo... (more)

Caught between rain showers, the local station's ticket agent is seen patiently waiting for the conductor to return from walking his train. In reality, its a rather dry night (something we've gott... (more)

Warbonnet At Dawn. After nearly a decade of being on display in the California State Railroad Museum's main building, ATSF 347C and it's accompanying "B" unit, F3B 347B, find thei... (more)