Ready to go home! TVRM #630 waits for a signal to travel onto the NS Alabama Division's ex-AGS main. The train had been in Birmingham for several weeks offering NS Employee Appreciation trips as... (more)

Steam in the city, part 2

During a break in action between the first and second runs of the day passengers gather for photos in front of this live steamer while today’s current power in the form of an EMD SD70M-2 patient... (more)

After a slight hold up by CSX, NS 98A brings the Employee Steam Special over the interlocking with CSX and into the tunneled overpass of 1st Avenue North as this very fast steam engine concludes a... (more)

Planes, Trains & Aces
The Southern 630 steam engine patently waits for passengers to load onto its train at the remains of the former Terminal Station as NS 320 heads towards Norris yar... (more)

2-8-2 meet a 2-8-0 The Norfolk Southern Employee Steam Special chugs back to the 32nd Street interlocking and meets fellow steamer, more)

630 pulling the Employee Specials for Birmingham make's her back up move to the Wye at Irondale for the Trip back to Birmingham.

Southern 630 leads an employee excursion through the 27th Street interlocking with the iconic Sloss Furnaces in the background. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

After spending Saturday pulling employee excursions, 630 simmers during the evening at the site of the old Terminal Station in downtown Birmingham. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information,... (more)

The 630 negotiates Birmingham's famous 27th Street Interlocking as it leads the first of a series of employee specials to Norris Yard in Irondale.

Southern 630 steams through downtown Birmingham on its first run with an employee excursion. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

Contrast this with looking into the belly of an oil burner like UP 844. Certainly a different animal in a lot of ways, but once you have steam, it's pretty much the same. Taken with permission f... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 765 pulls NS employee appreciation train past the Amtrak Station at Harrisburg.

Steam back on the High Iron in PA's capitol! The last time steam was ever on the tracks here was when ex-RDG 2012 was pulling a train some, 24 years ago!

The overcast sky this afternoon did not stop the railfans from coming out and seeing the 765 in action. This photo was taken by my 16 year old son Eric.