Steamy night at Tweetsie Railroads very first night photo session. Thanks go to Clint Renegar, Ben Earp, Tim Smith, Ken Riddle, and of course Tweetsie Railroad.

Tweetsie 12 and 190 double header start the next Wild West train around the loop.

Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0ST No. 75 pours it on. The locomotive is just about to cross Hwy 321 as it makes it way back to the Rockton yard of the South Carolina Railroad Museum.

Former Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 hauls an excursion at the North Carolina Transportation Museum during the summer of 1997.

One final embrace before the whistle blows, and number 14 pulls off from Barber Junction into the night. A big thanks to fellow RP contributor Ben Earp and his girlfriend for posing for this scene... (more)

The 620 is in charge of the caboose train at NCTM's Rail Days Festival.

For a 1.5 mile loop, there are a surprising number of photo possibilities. A flock of geese scatter as #9 begins barking up the very steep back side of the loop track on the first run of the day.... (more)

Shay 1925 leads a short train around the NCTM grounds.

Good ol' Smokey - one of my favorite "small" tourist steam engines, former US Army, now Great Smokey Mountains Railroad rides the grade closely following the Tuckasegee River in NC. She's current... (more)

(Pentax K10D with DA 50-200mm lens)

Tropical Storm Hanna whipped up winds that blew the steam from the cylinder cocks and smoke ahead of the moving engine. http://www.jasonbcagle.com

Active steam returns to the NCTM for the first time in around five years. Here a steam engine from Flagg Coal Co. pulls the caboose train at the museum's annual Rail Days.

How long until the kudzu gets ahold of the train?

The Yukon Queen starts the decent into town. http://www.jasonbcagle.com

The twins head back to Bonsal in the afternoon. Though built 11 years apart, these 40 ton Vulcan saddle tanks have nearly identical specs: 38 inch drivers, 14x22 inch cylinders, and 18,000 lbs. o... (more)