Pouring it on at Bloomburg. Charging through the little town of Bloomburg, Texas, we catch CPKC's big Hudson #2816 "Empress" pouring out a little smoke for my camera as she takes ... (more)

Passing freight at Vandervoort. Holding for servicing in the little yard at Vandervoort, Arkansas, near Milepost 401.6, the CPKC's "Final Spike Steam Tour" train is about to be pa... (more)

1:48 Scale. An O-Scale model of the Canadian Pacific H1b Class Hudson Locomotive #2816 provides a graphic, side by side comparison of 1/4" to the foot railroading vs. the 12" to t... (more)

Clean-running. Running completely clean stack most of the time, CPKC's Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816 "Empress" charges toward the Highway 41 grade crossing south of Horatio, Arkan... (more)

Flying through Gillham, Arkansas. Making track speed of 50 mph and still technically loafing, CPKC's Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816 "Empress" rounds the sweeping curve at Milepost ... (more)

A little sun in Heavener. With just about 90 minutes remaining before her 9AM departure for Shreveport, LA, CPKC's elegant Hudson #2816 "Empress" catches a little sun in the yard ... (more)

Southern nights. A night hostler spreads a film of fresh oil on the cross-head guides of the Rio Grande Southern's veteran T-19, 10-Wheeler #20 as he makes his rounds in the company's yard ... (more)

Betwixt the slumbering beasts. A Rio Grande Southern night hostler makes his rounds in the yard at Ridgway, CO, tending to a pair of simmering locomotives that are scheduled for an early mo... (more)

Wiscasset before dawn. It's a frigid early morning wake-up call in the yard in Wiscasset, Maine as crews from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway prepare their locomotives for pa... (more)

Hunting season on the Sandy River Line. Maine's Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes system was a conglomeration of several smaller railroads, notably the Sandy River Railroad, the Phillips & Range... (more)

Just another day in the Sheepscot Yard. A WW&F "Director's Special" train is heading over to the water tank in the Sheepscot Yard, as a railroad official pulls alongside in his Mo... (more)

Sheepscot Valley narrow gauge. The north wind is whipping and the air is frigid as officials from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway ride the varnish on a "Director's Speci... (more)

Waking up the Sheepscot Valley. Just past 7AM on a mid-winter morning, the residents of Maine's Sheepscot Valley awaken to the staccato exhaust beats of a narrow gauge mixed train as it mak... (more)

Crossing Deep River Creek. Just three days before Christmas, and with just two days of operations left, the Valley Railroad's Locomotive #97 kicks off a busy Saturday of North Pole Express ... (more)

Portrait of a pretty Porter. Here's a pretty shot of a pretty Porter in sunset light on the west side of the Edaville Family Theme Park. Edaville Railroad Locomotive #11, once a static disp... (more)