Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 No. 614 storms up the hill out of Port Jervis, N.Y., on NJ Transit/Metro North.

A former Southern Pacific "Cadillac" sits at the Willamette & Pacific's office in McMinnville. The grain elevator in the scene has since been demolished.

Winchester & Western's unique slug sits at the company's New Jersey base in Bridgeton. The unit started life as an Alco RS11 on the Pennsylvania Railroad, then was converted to a slug by Conrail. ... (more)

A Harrisburg-bound Keystone Corridor train is just a couple of minutes from its Lancaster stop as it soars above Conestoga Creek at twilight. A bit of fill flash was used to photograph the train.

Strasburg's ex-Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 No. 475 heads past the small Cherry Hill station (Population 17 More or Less) as it leads a "Night Before Christmas" train back to East Strasburg.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley 6512 has been painted back into its Baltimore & Ohio colors and works on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia. The branchline the SVRR operates was built by the B&... (more)

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit soaks up the last rays of sun for the day as it waits for a helper assignment at Bluefield, W.Va. On this day the call would not come to push a train up the hill to... (more)

An eastbound merchandise train splits the ex-Norfolk & Western color position light signals at Montvale between Roanoke and Bedford.

A westbound empty coal train pops out of the west portal of Welch Tunnel and crosses the Tug Fork on its way back to the mines along the former Norfolk & Western Pocahontas District.

A light power move is going away westbound into Hemphill Tunnel No. 2 just west of Welch, W.Va.

A light power move heads west over the Pocahontas District, passing the abandoned school at Eckman, W.Va.

The Nickel Plate Road heritage unit rolls west out of Big Four Tunnel No. 2 as it heads to Farm, W.Va., for a helper assignment.

An eastbound loaded coal train rolls past the color position lights and abandoned Presbyterian church in downtown Keystone, W.Va. The gloomy weather matches the gloomy town.

Santa and his helpers toss stuffed animals and other gifts -- some 25 tons in all over the course of the day -- from the back of the 73rd annual Santa Train at St. Paul, Va. This stop usually attr... (more)

The 73rd annual Santa Train approaches the Union Baptist Church in Dante, Va. This part of the former Clinchfield has been mothballed, so there's no telling how many more trains will rumble past t... (more)