LAST RUN? According to the latest statements, this final run of the winter Snow Train is suppose to be the end of Iowa Pacific passenger operations on this former D&H line. For now, Iowa Pacific m... (more)

Rumbling north out of Saratoga over the chilly Sacandaga River on a cold early spring day in the Adirondacks.

One of the few operable BL2s in North America backs in to the final? "Snow Train" at Thurman Station on a cold, wintery like Saturday in early April. It’s been a good-at times-great 7 year ru... (more)

FINAL RUN: After arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York with what was likely the last Saratoga and North Creek Railway passenger train, one of the railroad's employees poses with his family... (more)

The final passenger train to be operated by the Saratoga & North Creek Railway and perhaps the last train ever to operate over this historic ex- D&H branch passes through Stony Creek, NY along the... (more)

The final train to be operated by the Saratoga & North Creek Railway and perhaps the last train to ever operate over this historic ex- D&H branch travels south on its return trip to Saratoga, NY.

FINAL RUNS: The deadhead move for the Saratoga and North Creek Railway's final Snow Train appropriately battles through an April snowstorm as the train heads south through Stony Creek, NY o... (more)

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley's "Cheat Mountain Salamander" makes a brief station stop at Cheat Bridge while a much appreciated break in the clouds affords a sunlit shot. Meanwhile at Durbi... (more)

An original Western Maryland BL2 # 82 runs around Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad's Cheat Mountain Salamander at Spruce before returning to Elkins.

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad's Cheat Mountain Salamander meets Cass Scenic Railroad's Pacific Coast Shay 2 at the connection between Cass and Spruce. Fall Colors were definitely at peak fo... (more)

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad's original Western Maryland BL2 sporting its new fireball scheme waits to take passengers to Spruce WV on the Cheat Mountain Salamander. Western Maryland 82 ... (more)

In its first season of operation, the Stourbridge Line’s ex=Bangor & Aroostook BL2 leads an excursion train through Honesdale, Pennsylvania. At the time, the freight operator of the former Erie ... (more)

The S&NC's BL2 rests in the snow at Saratoga station after making 2 runs as the south end unit on the 2016 Polar Express.

Considered an ugly duckling by many, I'm quite the fan of the BL2 body lines, and especially like the black and gold of the Monon scheme on them. Here #32 sits behind the shops of the Kentucky Rai... (more)