What a time this was. Steam returns to the NS mainline with an excursion westbound out of Roanoke. 630 came via TVRM.

The stars take the stage. The early morning sun glints off the gilded tenders of Eureka & Palisade #4 "Eureka" and Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook", as... (more)

DRGW 318 waits at the Colorado Railroad Museum for its turn to receive some restoration love. The 2-8-0 locomotive was built in 1896 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) runs past the Colorado Railroad Museum's vintage rolling stock as it gives passengers a ride around the grounds.

A "modernized" replica. With the afternoon sun sinking rapidly toward the horizon, the Northern Central Railway's York 17 prepares to depart our last photo location and head back ... (more)

Howard Tunnel southbound. Trailing a smoky black plume, the Northern Central Railway's ornate York 17 charges out of the south portal of the historic Howard Tunnel, in the town of Seven Val... (more)

The Curve At Sunrise

Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) gives riders a sense for what it must have been like to see and hear this engine run over 120 years ago.

With the temperature right at the freezing mark and a anow squall just starting to fill the air with flakes, Strasburg’s 4-8-0 475 brings the last train of the day through Carpenters.

Historic Howard Tunnel. On a late fall afternoon, the Northern Central Railway's York 17 Locomotive comes charging out of the nearly 200 year-old Howard Tunnel, in the town of Seven Valleys... (more)

The new look of the Northern Central Railway. The Northern Central Railway's beautiful "York 17" hauls her 4 car passenger train south through Seitzville, PA, just north of the Gr... (more)

Not often you have snow and sunshine at the same time near the baltic sea. Here the last train of the day to Bad Doberan in an nice snow-silhouette by full sunshine!

The sun sets on Western Maryland 1309's first year of service as it waits to depart from Cumberland for its last run of 2021.

Switching in the Storm Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 20 is switching out its train at Antonito after a day out on the line with a TRAINS Magazine photo charter.

Foreign Power. Norfolk & Western M-Class 12-Wheeler #475 sits in the hole next to the Pennsy interlocking tower at Lemoyne Junction, PA, awaiting clearance to proceed with her freight.

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