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)

Two car Northern Pacific train number 264 is seen on the curved trestle at Dorsey Idaho in 1931. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BR 78018 waits impatiently to back down into the station to form the 0915 to Rothley Brook during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala. BR 73082 'Camelot' can just be seen in the distance... (more)

Western Maryland 1309 works hard at Parkersburg on a cold December morning.

The 49er, UP train number 48, (8 cars 35 MPH) is seen near Echo Utah on October 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-6-2 1105 is leading Colorado & Southern train number 1, The Colorado Special, north bound with twelve cars at Colorado Springs on June 28th 1925. Directly behind the Santa Fe locomotive is ... (more)

2-6-2 steamlocomotive 23 # 058 of the Eurovapor, built in 1955 by Krupp for the Deutsche Bundesbahn, is entering Winterthur with the "Winter Steam Special" from Romanshorn via Winterthur... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1790 and ATSF 4-8-4 3784 are seen leading train 20, The Chief, east of Raton New Mexico on June 16th 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

#97 reflects the fading light as she charges into the Dock Road Crossing. The locomotive has been rebuilt over the last few seasons and is looking better than it has in many years

Two Valley Railroad "North Pole Express" trains get ready for departure from Essex, CT 12/17/2022.

In times past, heritage steam railroads in the USA closed up shop at the end of Oct... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight is seen near Cougar California, with snowcapped Mount Shasta visible in the background, on July 26th 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Steam and Snow Epic memories care of the Union Pacific Steam Program.

ATSF 3940 is seen in mid-train helper service, near Pine Lodge California, on April 26th 1933, during The Great Depression. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Maryland 1309 tackles the 3% grade on the former Cumberland & Pennsylvania as it crosses Bridge Number 2.