With its tail end just clearing the St. Luc Departure Yard, Train 915 begins its trip to Toronto, laying down a heavy smoke screen as Alco's and MLW's do best.

On weekends a lot of switchers could be found at the St. Luc Diesel Shop as their normal assignments did not operate on Saturday and Sunday. The building in the background is the steam plant for ... (more)

Power off an arriving train is serviced at the fueling and sanding pad known as "The Coal Chute". The adjacent coaling tower, not used since 1960, was demolished over twenty years ago b... (more)

Westside Lumber Company Lima 3 Truck Shay No.15, in the environment it was built for in 1913'

The engineer and fireman on this National Harbours Board Railway switcher enjoy the warmth of the cab while the ground crew has to struggle through the snow that blankets the Montreal harbour.

ATSF 2-10-2 936 is seen shoving eastbound on the west side of Raton Pass, while Santa Fe 2-10-2s 1705 and 3811 are seen in the distance leading. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Photographed during the Night Photo Session of the 2023 Winter Spectacular. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #16 exhales into the cool evening air as two men look on. The Mikado was just reborn after a nearly... (more)

In between the 12:00 and 2:00 inter Spectacular excursions, the crew of recently restored EBT Mikado #16 gives the engine a quick look over. The crew is checking the bearing temps the old fashion ... (more)

Handsome articulated C&O 1309 simmers at the Cumberland Depot after a hard day of wowing fans on a photo charter put on by Lerro Productions.

On a Lerro Photo Charter we enjoyed multiple photo angles of 1309 entering Brush Tunnel. As smoke hangs in the air, 1309 backs out of Brush Tunnel after the first run by.

Locomotives galore gather around the turntable of the Durango roundhouse. The last coal burner, 481, simmers outside next to a 70s deco 476. 482 and 480 flank both sides of the frame as they under... (more)

AT&SF mail train number 7 hustles at 70 MPH, with 16 cars, east of Newton Kansas, on August 21st 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A steam freight chuffs out of East Ely yard, while the massive Nevada Northern shop complex looks on. Scenes like this easily take a visitor back to the early 1900s.

AT&SF train 12, The Chicagoan, is seen east of Newton Kansas on January 21st 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

H-6 Class Mallet 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive #1309 built by Baldwin in 1949 enters Brush Tunnel on its way to Frostburg, MD. She was re-lettered in the Chesapeake & Ohio livery for a series of charte... (more)