The Canadian wilderness, like no other place on Earth, except, perhaps, Pennsylvania. CN #3254 feels right at home this Wintry December day.

Engineer Chris LaBar opens the throttle as he looks back and gets the "all clear" wave from the conductor.
Taken at 1/8th - note the blurred wave of the conductor and motion in the drivers.

Steamtown, USA.

Through a maze of tracks, both the conductor and engineer (Bill Johnson) work together making sure they safely reach their destination.

CPR 2317 shuffles a car in the Scranton yard while ignoring the snow. A great day for me since steam in the snow is as rare as an identical snowflake!

With some 60 passengers stranded due to an avalanche on Nay Aug Pass, CP #2317 is pressed into emergency service in a rescue operation but time is of the essence! She must leave immediately. Yea... (more)

Steamtown's CP #2317 closes the year on a series of short excursions from Steamtown to the former Lackawanna Station and return, seen here amidst a heavy snow fall in December.

CP #2317 storms past the former DL&W Mattes Street Tower in a gritty scene nostalgic of the late 50's. Note the signals to the right which at one point guided entrance and exit to and from the fo... (more)

My 2009 Seasons Greetings photo to all my friends on the net

Mountain Thunder pulls into the depot during an early December snowfall.

Arctic Autumn Blast!

A downhill northbound mixed manifest takes the horseshoe curve atop Salt Creek trestle at Heather. This is the longest trestle on UP's Cascade Sub in Oregon spanning 515 feet. This is also part of... (more)

Canadian National #3254 makes her appearance through the foliage during an unusual Autumn snow storm en route to East Stroudsburg, PA.