Taken in the East Altoona pit with a PRR Police escort

No 3334 hustles her mixed train from Porterville bound for Hermon on the Cape main line. The Grootwinterhoek Mountains constitute the backdrop.

The fireman of BCL Mining & Smelter's 4-8-2 class LO #807 cleans his firebox grates at Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana (Africa) on a hot May 31, 2011. The camera could feel the heat.

One of the last opeating examples of South Africa's standard main line steam locomotive is seen in her home shed.

Arrival in the first rays of the sunrise during Reefsteamers Sunrise Photography event. During Steam Days, Germiston steam shed had a large allocation of 15Fs.

Double-heading was common on the old South African Railways, but seldom happened in 2007. This event was the highlight of steam operations in South Africa in 2007.

L&N L-1 class Mountain-type number 418 is still in the early stages of running repairs at the company’s Corbin, KY backshop in this scene from 1946. The engine’s four-wheel pony, or engine tru... (more)

No 2640 trundles over the long causeway on Knysna Lagoon on a beautiful morning in the early autumn.

The last working example of her class crosses the Swartvlei about 30 minutes after sunset.

Southern Ts-1 class Mountain 1490 is serviced at Asheville in 1939. The USRA-design Light 4-8-2s worked passenger trains in both directions, via the Knoxville Division to and from Knoxville, and a... (more)

The 241 P class was initially assigned to the line between Paris and Marseilles, hauling services including the famous Le Mistral expresses, but within a few years they were displaced by electrifi... (more)

At the Cité du Train, the SNCF 241 A 1 has got the blue(s) !!!!

BCL Mining & Smelter 4-8-2 LO 807, ex-South African Class 19D 3341, on an ore shuttle at a loadout near Selebi Phikwe. The locomotive was built by North British in 1948.

This is a shot I obtained many years from the late Shelby Lowe. The subject is Southern Ts-class Mountain 1459--a Knoxville Division engine that was then handling trains 27-28, the Carolina Specia... (more)