50 Years To The Day. Some 50 years ago on this very day, Amtrak was born - saving the American passenger train from being found only in the pages of history. Now, 50 years later, routes tha... (more)

Before challenging the steep mountain grades of the old anthracite roads, Reading & Northern 425 idles quietly outside the steam shops. Next to the famed 4-6-2 is SW8 #802.

Early in the morning, crews prepare Reading & Northern 425 for a run to Jim Thorpe. The safeties on the locomotive lift, as full operating pressure has been reached.

After a day of testing in preparation for this year's North Pole Express trains, the Pere Marquette 1225 sits on the turntable at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. The use of a ... (more)

A late running Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, begins to drop off the Redondo Flyover as the newly restored turntable inside Amtrak's 8th Street mechanical facility looks sharp amo... (more)

2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive 52 # 8154 of the EMBB (Eisenbahnmuseum Bayerischer Bahnhof e.V., Leipzig) and based in Leipzig-Plagwitz, on the turntable of the Bw Dresden Altstadt during the... (more)

Night photo event on the occasion of the 13th steamlocomotive gathering Dresden in the roundhouse of Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt. 2-6-2 passenger train steamlocomotive 35 # 1097 of the Inter... (more)

Night photo event on the occasion of the 13th steamlocomotive gathering Dresden in the roundhouse of Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt. From left to right: diesellocomotive 118 # 552 of the ITL/Pi... (more)

SOU 630 poses on the turntable during a TVRM photo shoot @ the Soule shops with 610 and 4501.

2-6-2 passenger train steamlocomotive 35 # 1097 of the Interessengemeinschaft Traditionslok 58 3047 e. V., Glauchau, on the turntable of Bw Dresden Altstadt on the occasion of the night photo even... (more)

Electrolocomotive 143 # 326 of Deutsche Bahn (Gebrauchtzugportal der DB Regio AG, Regio Südost, Halle) in the publicity paint scheme "Ihr Zug - unsere Lok. Miete mich!" on the turntable... (more)

The express train steamlocomotive 01 # 202 of the association "Pacific 01 202" in Lyss/Switzerland is on the two days trip to the 13th steamlocomotive gathering in Dresden and reached Ne... (more)

The 4-6-2 express train steamlocomotive 01 # 202 of the association "Pacific 01 202" from Lyss/Switzerland, was guest on the 13th steamlocomotive gathering in Dresden. The locomotive is on the 23 ... (more)

Fouraxle german diesellocomotive 118 # 552 of the ITL (Internationale Transport Logistik Eisenbahngesellschaft), Pirna/Germany (owned by SNCF Geodis) on the turntable of the Bw Dresden Altstadt on... (more)

Diesel- and steamlocomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the roundhouse of the Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt on hte occasion of the 13th s... (more)