Firday the 13th Steam at the Strasburg Railroad
To paraphrase Herotodus (484 BC – 425 BC); "Neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness shall a day's journey be stayed from accomplishing it's appointed course with all speed." Or...... (more)
Strasburg's N&W #475 returns from Paradise on a gloomy, early fall day. A pan at 1/8.
Strasburg's N&W #475 pulls a packed train through the Pennsylvania countryside on a gloomy, early fall day.
The last rays of sunlight soak Strasburg's 6 PM evening train, seen here on it's return trip at 6:39 PM one crisp September day.
Strasburg's N&W #475 clears a forest of trees which hides the Northeast Corridor just behind.
Strasburg's 1 PM train pulled by former N&W #475 passes the Caboose Hotel on it's way back to the depot.
Amish country.
Strasburg's evening train, led by former N&W #475, rounds the bend at Cherry Hill. And you thought Strasburg was a straight line!
Signs of the new season have arrived in Cherry Hill, Pa as the Strasburg's 475 still painted in N&W makes a stop at the picnic grove to drop off some passangers. This is the first the sun has pea... (more)
More N&W from my collection, featuring #475. (Built: 1906). bw
475 passing the Grove is heading back to Strasburg with the last train of the day
475 passes a Philadelphia and Reading Observation Car as it gets ready to run around her train and get ready for the next run.
Heading to the station to pick up the first train of the day.
The fireman attends to his duties atop N&W 475's tender as the engineer looks on. Unfortunately, there was no water to be had at this spout... A Lerro Productions photo charter.