Christmas vacation from high school in 1955 included a visit to Illinois Central's Markham yard on Chicago's south side. We headed for the engine terminal where we found a good number of live stea... (more)

Christmas vacation from high school in 1955 included a visit to Illinois Central's Markham yard on Chicago's south side. We headed for the engine terminal where we found a good number of live stea... (more)

Frisco 1522 along with N&W's 611 team up for a double headed steam excursion during the 1994 NRHS convention held that year in Atlanta. Tucked in behind the steamers were the Southern painted GP5... (more)

The hogger waits for a hand signal to highball. PRR Class M1a.

From left to right, PRR + NYC = Conrail!

Known at one time as the "loudest engine in America" for its exceptionally sharp exhaust, former excursion star Frisco 1522 now sits entombed in the Museum of Transportation. I was fortunate enoug... (more)

Being serviced prior to a run across the Victoria Falls Bridge.

A visit to Markham Yard on Chicago's south side just before Christmas 1955 resulted in this picture. My railfan buddies father contemplates IC 2513 and 2511 as they sit on a roundhouse lead just a... (more)

Operated by Reefsteamers for Steam Loco Safaris, No 2056 pilots 25NC No 3472 on a train bound for Ficksburg.

This was Friends of the Rail's first train of the season, following the serious derailment of their 15F No 3117 near this spot in June. The first blush of the southern hemisphere spring is eviden... (more)

Alco built (1926) No 2056 pilots North British built (1954)class 25NC No 3472 in an early morning departure from Mount Morkel Siding with a train bound for Ficksburg

As if being spotted specially for the youthful photographers John Dziobko and Bill Rosenberg, B&O Mountain-type T-3b 5581 gets turned on the table at Robey St. Yard. Unlike Pennsy, B&O steam was ... (more)

Frisco's 1522 leads a 1994 NRHS excursion south through Georgia's kudzu.

Reefsteamers preserved class 12R hauls the Country Music Special from Magaliesburg.

B&O 5581 has been coaled and now goes for a spin on the table before being spotted for further service. The colorful upstarts of the C&O seem to be watching the activity from the house. More tur... (more)