2nd day of testing for WM 1309 heading west in the Narrows

On a short double headed freight with stablemate 93, resurrected #81 is looking good going south just north of the tunnels. In deference to the sensibilities of a certain “Trains” Magazine ed... (more)

With foliage abound, the Reading & Northern steam-powered Reading Outer Station to Jim Thorpe, PA trip rolls across the Hometown, PA trestle with 4-6-2 425 leading the way. The 17-car train requi... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 disturbs the morning calm at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia. Loaded coal hoppers trail back as far as the eye can see.

Eureka and Glenbrook steam into Osier, Colorado, with the historic consist. The locomotives will be watered and fueled before heading back to Antonito.

Volunteer crews work the "wood line" at Osier, fueling up Glenbrook and Eureka for the trip back to Antonito. Scenes like this played out many times each day during the Victorian Iron H... (more)

Glenbrook and Eureka are taking headroom in the yard at Antonito after returning from Osier.

A magnificent sight in Antonito as the sun peeks through the clouds after a thunderstorm.

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)

Glenbrook, vintage 1875, has been beautifully restored by the Nevada State Railroad Museum. In 2021 it finally got to stretch its legs on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic. It's seen here on a special... (more)

Steamscape: The Los Pinos Valley. High above the Los Pinos Creek, just west of Osier, CO, D&RGW Locomotive #425 takes a mixed train east through a deep rock cut at about MP 317.3. This vie... (more)

Our double-header featuring Nevada Northern #81 and #93 has continued up Robinson Canyon and is seen here crossing Gleason Creek as it gets closer to the turn to head to Ruth. The sun has deserte... (more)

The rain has come on the first day of the Trains Magazine photoshoot on the Nevada Northern, but rainy days can often create some interesting lighting. It's late afternoon, as Nevada Northern's n... (more)

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)