I bet you have never seen a full size steam locomotive getting a new coat of paint. (OK, I never have.) Here black is being applied to 6039 at the end of it's asbestos project at Steamtown by boil... (more)

North British (Glasgow, Scotland) built (1952) oil-burning 4-8-2 heads an Auckland-Helensville father's day excursion through attractive countryside NW of Auckland. (Yes it was father's day in NZ!... (more)

03.12 in Ruse station ready for a steam charter to Varna

N&W #120 at Shaffer's Crossing, July 1954. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

N&W 131 resting at Shaffer's Crossing in Roanoke, November 1956. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

19D 3321 leads GO Garratt 2575 during a runpast on the Union Limited Outeniqua 1996 tour. Photo Credit: Ilva Rogers

Reefsteamers' gutsy 12AR No.1535 "Susan" tackles the climb past Battery siding to Krugersdorp with a public holiday train. The 12AR, built in 1919, was reboilered in 1948, and is the last of its c... (more)

I think that the broadside view works best when a steam locomotive is working tender-first.

An authentic mixed train approaches New England from Barclay East in the last rays of the sun.

Steam in the Eternal Hills

Northbound train #12 departing Winston-Salem Passenger Terminal bound for Roanoke behind 4-8-2 #116 in October 1953. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

A train conveying cyclists from Creighton to Donnybrook winds its way up the steep climb on a perfect winters morning.

In an accurate re-creation of the steam era a mixed train passes a typical SAR watering point. The dressed stone road bridge in the background was build in the 1880s.