This boxer belonged to an A-OK employee's family who lived right beside the KCS-AOK interchange. It took a while for it to decide that me shooting 2442 was ok.

Coming East Again. Famously acquired by Doyle McCormack after a lengthy career where it saw service for the ATS&F, Delaware and Hudson, and in Mexico, Santa Fe Alco PA-1 #18 is one of four ... (more)

In homage to EBT #16 being restored, sister mikado locomotives #15 and #14 lead a lead a coal train north to the interchange at Mt. Union, PA on a photo charter.

Photographed during the Night Photo Session of the 2023 Winter Spectacular. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #16 exhales into the cool evening air as two men look on. The Mikado was just reborn after a nearly... (more)

East Broad Top 16 is seen running it’s first official revenue trip since 1956, pulling a photo freight with a few lucky passengers riding on the caboose. The engine is also pulling the first ste... (more)

One of my goals for the weekend was to try to get photos that looked "authentic". If there were no people in them, that would be a bonus. This one managed to accomplish both. This shot w... (more)

E.B.T. 16 coasts downhill at the fill just short of Runk Road, with the Allegheny Mountains providing a scenic backdrop for the train.

We Never Could Have Imagined. After over a decade of absence, steam returned to the East Broad Top Railroad as EBT 16 (2-8-2, Baldwin, 1916) was restored in time for the 2023 Winter Spectac... (more)

The first public passenger run in many years for 16. The coaches and the engine are glistening in the sun.

A Tear to My Eye

I'll admit to choking up a bit as 16 came up through the yard. This was a scene that I last saw in 2010. My only images of the first tourist era are a crappy cel... (more)

Back 'er up! With the cylinder cocks open and the valve gear set in reverse, the crew of EBT Locomotive #16 takes their newly restored Baldwin Mikado backward toward the south yard in littl... (more)

Steam, smoke and snow in the forest of Buda hills. (1/6 pan shot.)

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" heads for the UP interchange at Plummer, ID seen here crossing the Benewah Lake Trestle. STMA SW1200 501 leads the train, while STMA GP9r 103 (... (more)

Otto's speed estimate was 80 MPH for this 13 car train near Valparaiso Indiana, on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne Line, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The CP Holiday train holds in the siding for as an empty grain train rolls through the siding.