Jack Emerick III is one of the most skillful firemen I have ever seen. I swear he could make an engine hot with ice cubes. He is on Steamtown's Canadian National No. 3254 steam locomotive on a ro... (more)

F Unit Cab ride and its in the newly painted B&O paint for Train Festival 2010...A special Thanks Rodney Matheny

Engineer Bruce at the helm on NSM 652. Heading back to Babbitt with 136 empties.

This locomotive crew working on Skopin industrial branch line almost forty years. The operator of locomotive and his assistant are brothers. They are very nice and friendly people. Skopin indus... (more)

Engineer Dan Sheppard watches closely as he shoves the Jordan Spreader thru a drift near MP 386. Shoving this plow is a touch tricky because you have to use alot of power, at times, but yet go eas... (more)

Ever wonder what it looks like going 12 mph down poor rail in a GP15? Engineer John takes his train North out of Chippewa Falls all the way up to Rice Lake. After some switching, we headed back do... (more)

With 17 more cars to unload, the conductor (okay, we don't use one.. It was me) reviews the paperwork that will be turned over to the outbound BNSF crew. After unloading, a 1 car pickup from the R... (more)

Jer rocks 17,600 horses into Run-8 to get comfortable with his new power and for a little bit of fun. Traveling light, they can rapidly accelerate. Through the window, a fraction of the available ... (more)

Farrail Tours recreated the days of the Deutsche Reichsbahn on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, and the engineer and fireman sport DR uniforms as they wait for orders at Magdesprung.

Cecil 2. Engineer, supervisor, fellow co-worker, and RP contributor Drew Mitchem eases his 136 car coal train to a stop. With temps in the teens and 4 inches of snow on the ground, the unlo... (more)

Firemen working the SP&S 700 Holiday Express.

Driver Wayne Avery is about to place a shovel load of coal on the fire as RHDR #1 'Green Goddess' speeds along on just a breath of steam. The locomotive is of a running in turn following overhaul.... (more)

Engineer Owen Hawkins Jr. lights up a cigar while N&W 1218 simmers quietly, awaiting her next assignment. A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

With his hand firmly on the throttle, engineer Rich Melvin guides NKP 765 down the track during a series of pacing runbys with PM 1225. Photo taken from the cab of PM 1225.

Sierra Railroad’s 2-8-2 Baldwin # 18 with fireman Bob Woods on the flame somewhere near Warnerville Calif. on March 9th 2008. © Steve Crise Photo. Scrise.com