Over the river... After making a station stop in Bath, Maine Eastern FL9 emerges from the Kennebec River bridge and crosses Route 127 in Woolwich. The roadway above used to carry Route 1, b... (more)

Over the river... Maine Eastern FL9 489 emerges from the Kennebec River bridge and slows to make a stop at the Bath station. The roadway above used to carry Route 1, but is now being remove... (more)

Six units, all EMD spartan cabs, lug a southbound manifest up the grade through Vandervoort on a warm September day. Lashups of classic units like these leading trains over a stiff mountain grade ... (more)

Crawling over Rich Mountain, KCS SD70ACE 4019 shoves hard on the rear of a southbound grain train with a group of wildflowers and US Route 270 in the foreground.

Play ball. NS 9368 and two sisters shove NS 83K eastbound past the slightly overgrown Bushnell Field, a ballfield which has seen better days in this small WV mountain community.

A look inside. Many thanks to the crew of the Henry Clay, who allowed to take a look inside the firebox of the narrow gauge 0-4-0T.

The Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train is a hidden gem in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region. This 42" gauge railroad uses 2 0-4-0Ts to haul tourists around Mahonoy Mountain, as the coal mi... (more)

The surrounding hills, signal bridge and Tuscan red engines and consist all scream PRR in western Pennsylvania, but this is a scene on the former Lackawanna mainline a few miles north of Scranton.... (more)

It took some creativity, but there were angles to be found that hid the train of former NJT commuter coaches, allowing one to reminisce about Reading Fs leading the Crusader into the setting sun.

Even though it was just a light power move serving as protection for Shay 6, from the right angles, one could imagine that WM 67 is leading a 70-car freight southward toward Elkins. The satellite ... (more)

A quick stop to check what was sitting at the Appalachian & Ohio's Buckhannon yard office netted this view. From left, HLCX SD40M-3 6521, GMTX GP38-2 2665 and GMTX GP38-3 2631 sit in the afternoon... (more)

Coaling a Shay in the 21st century. With no engine facilities in Elkins, a way to coal the locomotive had to be arranged. A pile of coal was dumped in a nearby parking lot and a backhoe pla... (more)

Besides the photo stop at the High Bridge, the only other runby performed on the northbound Cass to Elkins trip was held at this bridge over the Shavers Fork near Milepost 77, about five miles sou... (more)

A week after Independence Day, American flags still fly in tribute throughout the cemetery as Reading & Northern 4-6-2 425 puts on a show as it struggles upgrade with the 11-car train.

My HO scale model of Reading & Northern 425 arrives at Jim Thorpe on this highly detailed section of my friend's layout. Actually, this is 12 inch to the foot railroading, as the blue Pacific pull... (more)