The Steady Hand - ARR's #1 engineer, Frank Sheppard applies his 40 yrs of experience as he gently guides ARR's weekly passenger train, the Aurora, north along the frozen shore of the... (more)

Throngs of curious people swarm the spartan cab of a BNSF switcher at 125th Anniversary of Conquering Cajon Pass celebration. Engineer/host was very patient and informative.

Portrait of an engineer, a man and his machine. Ed Dickens, Engineer, and Manager of Heritage Equipment & Facilities, poses for a photo while performing post-trip maintenance in St. Louis.

The late Steve Bremmer at the controls of the Conrail Shared Assets Operations SA35 switching a Gold Lumber in Farmingdale, N.J.

Cab ride on Sierra Number 3. Railtown Engineer George Sapp and Fireman Warren Smith carefully coordinate the departure of Sierra Number 3 and her special Passenger Extra from the site of a ... (more)

Inside the cab of KCS GP22ECO No. 2810.

Inside the engine house engineer Jeff sits behind the controls of restored steam engine Southern 401 the day of its inaugural runs.

Celebrity driver, Bill Andrews, has a bite to eat during a break at Hellifield station while driving LMS pacific no. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on the Tyne Valley Tourer railtour on 18th September... (more)

WE ARE REALLY GOING TO GO AFTER IT! Ed Dickens, UP steam engineer, emphasizes that he wants at least 3/4 of a glass on the boiler water level leaving Huntington due to the steep grade and t... (more)

Comfortable Man - "A comfortable man in comfortable surroundings..", quoting an old trains article. The throttle is in the corner as 12000 horses do work on as many tons. Down to 15mph, the amp m... (more)

Engineer's side of the cab inside Amtrak 818. 818 is one of 15 P40DC's upgraded to P42DC specifications and returned to service as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. View ... (more)

Scott Wickert adjusts his speed as he leads the excursion train north into town. Normally, he is the lead engineer of Heisler #2, but that unit developed a minor seal leak earlier in the day and t... (more)

In an effort to get some good light at the Valley, fellow RP photographer and Valley volunteer, Dennis Livesey and I return late one night for a ""Your Hand On The Throttle" trip through the yard.... (more)

We are in Canadian National steam locomotive Class S-1-b No. 3254's cab. Engineer Aaron Stout is filling out the Form D and is minutes away from pulling the throttle in the foreground for a Steamt... (more)

F Unit Cab ride and its in the newly painted B&O paint for Train Festival 2010...A special Thanks Rodney Matheny