UP Big Boy 4014 makes a run in the Cheyenne Yard, pulling UP 5511 around to see how the grease held up in the rod joints.

Cresting the grade south, Reading T1 #2102 races towards Church Road outside of Hometown, PA on September 3, 2022.

Norfolk Southern local P77 trudges slowly through the fog in Cayce, SC enroute to Edmunds. The train is led by Norfolk Southern (NS) 5575. It was built by EMD in 1971 as Norfolk & Western (NW) 414... (more)

"Steam and Steel": With steel alloy main rods and Boxpok drivers gleaming Reading & Northern T1 #2102 slides past the photographer outside of Port Clinton on the morning of August 13, 20... (more)

Comin' In Hot. Maybe a little too hot. On a wet Labor Day afternoon, Amtrak's Valley Flyer train to Greenfield slows for its stop at Berlin, Connecticut. Unseen to the camera is the fact th... (more)

While waiting for the roundhouse door to be opened, Southern FP7A 6133, makes a fine sight on this cool November evening.

The Union Pacific's Big Boy engine #4014 (4-8-8-4) gets the steam fired up in preparation for backing into Denver's Union Station where it will be displayed for a day before heading back to Cheyen... (more)

After a pause in the siding to allow the scheduled C&TRR morning Eastbound from Antonito to pass, D&RG T-12 #168 is again on the move at Sublette, NM 9-25-21. This was a photo charter to benefit ... (more)

Posing for anyone who would like to take a pic, are GE & EMD engines waiting for an assignment. The Amtrak Crescent serves this station twice a day.

Reading & Northern's two active steam locomotives work hard up the former CNJ branch just West of Nesquehoning

Arrival of the newly minted steam locomotive from China, JS 8419 is destine for Iowa and the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. Note the damaged cab. © 1989 Steve Crise.

During the 2022 East Broad Top Winter Spectacular, M-1 heads back into Orbisonia at the beginning of a snow squall. Within the hour the ground will become completely covered in snow. Within two ho... (more)

In homage to the classic rambles shot, Reading & Northern T-1 2102 enters the yard at Port Clinton. The ex-RDG engine is on a "Hopper Jet" test run in preparation for the R&N's Iron Hors... (more)

Reading & Northern T-1 2102 bursts out of Nesquehoning Tunnel on her way down to Jim Thrope. The ex-RDG engine is on a "Hopper Jet" test run in preparation for the R&N's Iron Horse Rambl... (more)

West bound at Valparaiso Indiana on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne line, in 1963. Dennis Schmidt photo, from my collection.