ATSF 4099 and ATSF 5029 are in charge of a 65 car freight east of Belen, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3815 and ATSF E1 number 6 lead train 22, El Capitan, east of Raton in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Baldwin Locomotive works built both #801 and #81, though you couldn't tell by just looking. The two Baldwin graduates sit on display in the East Ely yard during the Winter Photoshoot weekend at th... (more)

Medway 4709 with a fertilizer train from Poceirão to Vilar Formoso

A chilly night in Cumberland. It's a chilly night on the platform at the station in Cumberland, MD as a brakeman positions himself to marshal Locomotive #1309 to the standpipe for water. T... (more)

PRLX 2832 rounds a curve into McDade. Debris from the previous week's ice storm is visible in the foreground.

Early morning at Bridge 60 in Scranton finds two consists ready for the day's work. Four 4-axle units idle on the Vine Street Branch. The three 6-axle units closer to the tower will soon power a... (more)

Got Steam? The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's recently-restored C&O Locomotive #1309 certainly does. At times, it has all you can handle and more. In this scene, a Brakeman uses lant... (more)

Steamscape: The Helmstetter Farm. One of the most iconic railfan photo spots in the eastern United States has to be this location right here. Spotted in the center of a big, sweeping, horse... (more)

UP 9121 leads CNW train PRITA across Hwy II near Dalton, WI. in February of 1990. The train is on CNW's Adams Line. 33 years ago, seeing a UP unit on the point was unusual. Not so much these days.... (more)

Westbound helper set at milepost 241.

On the morning of February 5th, 2023, the result of the heavy snowfall of the days before could be admired: The participants of a photo train event were offered the view of the well-known viaduct ... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)

Classic Helmstetter's. In a scene that is a bit reminiscent of the classic Bill Price photos of the Western Maryland Railroad, a heavy, articulated freight locomotive makes its way around t... (more)