A couple of NKP beauties from a past era share a few stories in the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum yard.
A little engine with a big heart - Class 14 0-6-0 Hydraulic loco D9551 (650hp,built at Swindon in 1965 - I saw it there under construction) with a Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service,on the Severn... (more)
611’s Last Strasburg Sunset … for 2021, anyway. Today is N&W 611’s last day at Strasburg, and last evening was the last late train at the end of the day. I have been trying t... (more)
A pair of GEs lead a Kansas City Southern grain train south through the signals at North Watts in Watts, OK on a foggy October 3, 2021 morning.
NYC Alco RS-11 8008, with three FA's heading west at River Rouge, Michigan near Detroit in March 1962. The NYC RS-11's were delivered in July 1957, not in Lightning stripes, but in black with a w... (more)
NKP 765 gets some quick service at the Bellevue engine shops before taking a train east.
Off into the Sunset. An Suffern-bound Main Line train pulls out from under the train shed at Hoboken Terminal, glowing bright in the setting sun.
Engineer Nick eases the largest locomotive on the Durango and Silverton's roster around the tight cliffs of the legendary High Line.
For the first time in 69 years, Nevada Northern 81 is under steam, pulling a freight train. As we were turning 93 on the wye, I asked my engineer to stop next to 81 to snap a quick picture of the ... (more)
A restored NKP Chevrolet pickup makes for some appropriate foreground clutter as 757 is pushed out of the engine house to its display site.
Class Tk3 steam locomotive and the milky way at Haapamäki, Keuruu
Canadian Pacific’s OCS heads north along Willsboro Bay with FP9 1401 in charge. I had a gut feeling they were gonna leave north from Saratoga before the supposed 0800, and that was confirmed... (more)
45596 Bahamas and 61306 Mayflower climb Dainton Bank near Hardup Bridge working 1Z48 11:00 Plymouth to London Victoria on Friday 1st October 2021
Seasons mingle at the Great Divide Fall color and new snow play in the valley east of Rollins Pass.