Ex Norfolk and Western "Mollie" #475 leads coaches westbound from Paradise back to Strasburg, near Esbenshade Road crossing April 3, 2011.

475 passing the Grove is heading back to Strasburg with the last train of the day

The only known operating 4-8-0 in North America, Baldwin build of 1906, ex Norfolk and Western class M #475 brings coaches west from Paradise, back to Strasburg March 27, 2011.

Sunrise in Old Virginia. In the waning days of steam power, an aging Norfolk & Western M-Class "Mollie" races the dawn with a local mixed, carrying milk, newspapers and a few lonely passeng... (more)

Northbound passenger train at Cienega, Columbia behind a narrow gauge 2-8-2.

475 passes a Philadelphia and Reading Observation Car as it gets ready to run around her train and get ready for the next run.

Heading to the station to pick up the first train of the day.

Strasburg's #475 is seen here roaring up the hill with Santa's Paradise Express in tow. This year, Strasburg ran a two-train operation for these trips.

An NW 4-8-0 ending its career is turned under the watchful eye of a Monongahela Connecting C415 (MCRR 701), whose paint is in surprisingly bad shape for such a new engine. :)

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The fireman attends to his duties atop N&W 475's tender as the engineer looks on. Unfortunately, there was no water to be had at this spout... A Lerro Productions photo charter.

RP.net contributor Mitch Goldman pans a passing photo freight in rural Strasburg. Click HERE to see the RP portfolio of Mitch ... (more)

Dawn at Strasburg..

The turntable operator strikes a pose while N&W 382 simmers after a long day's work. It's not Bristol, Virginia, but it will have to work... A Lerro Productions photo charter.

By the dawn's early light... The first golden rays of a late October sunrise greet N&W Locomotive 382 as she rides the high iron across rolling farmland. Through the efforts of the crews ... (more)