Night is falling over the roundhouse of Brugg AG on the evening of the first day Bahnpark Fets 2024. From left to right; Eb 3/5 # 5819 SBB Hstoric, A 3/5 # 705 SBB Historic long term loan to Dampf... (more)
Night is falling over the roundhouse of Brugg AG on the evening of the first day of the Bahnpark Fest 2024. From left to right; C 5/6 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic, E 2/2 "Chnurrli" former Felds... (more)
SY1293, one of a sizeable fleet of these 2-8-2s based at Baotou steel works is seen in the murky atmosphere of the works at a small loco servicing point in 2001.
Reading 2102 accelerates across the Port Clinton Turntable as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.
CP 2816 "Empress" departs the CPKC Humboldt Yard in Minneapolis, MN.
After turning its train at Tower A-5, CPR #2816 heads west through Franklin Park, IL before laying over in Bensenville Yard for the night.
Before each season, which begins this year on June 20, the cars on the Furka Mountain Steam Railway have to prove that their brakes are working perfectly. For this purpose, brake tests are carried... (more)
Observation Platform. A visit to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania on June 29, 2016 found former Nickel Plate Road 759 (S-2 Berkshire, 2-8-4, Lima, 1944) flanked on... (more)
On a beautiful morning in the Twin Cities, CP 2816 makes its departure out of Pigs Eye Yard with a nice plume of smoke to boot. In charge of the Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour, the "Empre... (more)
The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)
Loading? The FEC 148 poses at the Liberty Point Elevator as a storm front approaches.
Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 3604 leads 61 car freight number 258 east at 12 MPH in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Victory lap. For both the Empress and the photographer. In 2011, my last visit to see her in action was met with "diesel substitute" as she went down with repair. She was repaired, tes... (more)
The CPKC Golden Spike Special flies past the old grain elevator in Drake, ND.
Reading 2102 pulls into Port Clinton as it prepares to stop to pick up more passengers for its Iron Horse Ramble excursion.