Yard Limit. The engineer on Norfolk & Western M-Class Locomotive #475 closes his throttle as his short mixed train passes the yard limit on approach to a rural station where they'll pick up... (more)
Flanked on both sides by Christmas lights at Strasburg Rail Road’s East Strasburg station complex, Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 #475 takes water at the water tank on December 18, 2021. Wishing a Merr... (more)
A very unique piece. The Strasburg Rail Road's ex Norfolk & Western M-Class Locomotive #475 charges upgrade just east of the bridge over the "Pumpkinville Turnpike", hauling a vin... (more)
Classic Carpenters. From the west wall of the oldest cemetery in Lancaster County at Carpenters Crossing, we see a pair of groundskeepers watching the passage of a steam-powered mixed train... (more)
Waking up frosty East Strasburg. It's not even 7AM yet and the sleepy folks in Pennsylvania Dutch Country are getting a rather spectacular wake-up call as the last operational Norfolk & Wes... (more)
In a picture like decades ago class 24 # 2409 of the East African Railways (EAR) with a mixed train from Makadara entered Nairobi station. The class EB3 for the Kenya Uganda Railways (KUR), later ... (more)
In a picture like decades ago class 24 # 2409 of the East African Railways (EAR) with a mixed train from Makadara is entering Nairobi station, passing the East signalbox with the impressive semaph... (more)
"The Setup"
In a scene "Out of the Past", Great Western No. 90 awakes from "The Big Sleep" at the Strasburg Rail Road. Some photographers approach night photography with a "Shadow of a D... (more)
The former N&W 475 is steaming by Esbenshade with the 2 o’clock train, returning west to East Strasburg from Leaman Place, on March 27, 2021.
Downpour!
N&W No. 475 leads an excursion through the bucolic Amish countryside in Lancaster County, Pa, in the midst of a heavy downpour. Alas - this is the Strasburg Rail Road; ... (more)
Norfolk and Western 475 pulls the final train of the day while passing the Esbenshade Crossing.
They say that black smoke is a sign of waste for steam locomotives. While that may be true - from a railfan's perspective it is quite the look! The 475 is shown here, displaying massive plumes of ... (more)
Norfolk and Western 475 departs from Groff's Grove after dropping off and picking up passengers from Groff's Grove.
Norfolk and Western 475 pulls the final train of the day back to the East Strasburg Station while replacing the broken down Norfolk and Western 611.
The last run of the 475 for the weekend is seen just past the Pumpkinville Turnpike in some great late evening sun.