Officer in Charge...Steam Locomotives. Strasburg in a nutshell.

No photo lines, no actors, no planned runbys (Part I)...this is real life as it is in Lancaster County, PA! NW 475 pulls the 3PM train around the curve at Esbenshade as a farmer and son bai... (more)

After pulling the four half hour trains, CN 89 rolls back into the enginhouse.

The handsome Reading Fs pass a backyard swing on a beautiful October morning at 0930.

After nearly 20 tries to perfect this shot, I have finally given up and am ready to share the only successful attempt at "the penny shot." The tiny driving wheel of the 2-foot gauge steamer at the... (more)

A late afternoon train rolls past a small pond on the way back to the Sheepscot station.

Headlight ablaze, No. 425 bursts out of White Haven Tunnel working hard upgrade on the wet rails during a summer rain shower.

Steam returns to Elkins! 'Big Six' is greeted by some local children as she crosses the Tygart River just a few yards from the station bringing steam back to Elkins for the first tim... (more)

MILW 261 leads a gon train west through rural Minnesota just east of the town of Brownton on a rainy spring afternoon.

A view of the cab of BRW 60 undergoing restoration in Aline Building in Ringoes, NJ. After 8 years of being out of service they hope to have her fired up by the end of 2008 or more realistically b... (more)

BRW 60 undergoes restoration in Aline Building in Ringoes, NJ. After 8 years of being out of service they hope to have her fired up by the end of 2008 or more realistically by spring 2009. Photo t... (more)

BRW 60 undergoes restoration in Aline Building in Ringoes, NJ. After 8 years of being out of service they hope to have her fired up by the end of 2008 or more realistically by spring 2009. Photo t... (more)

It doesn't get any more American than this! N&W 475, built in Philadelphia, PA in 1906, hustles back to the station on the U.S.'s 3rd most popular tourist railroad on Independance Day '08. Pan sho... (more)

How ya doin'? Fill it up diesel..." The engineer and car dealership employee shoot the breeze as the 44-tonner gets fed. The dealership which owns the Java Center depot supports and helps t... (more)

Happy 4th of July! The W&W steam locomotives watch the short fireworks display at Hockessin after a short downpour and before a larger cell moved into the area.