Did you ever wonder who so many concrete coaling towers remain in place, straddling busy main lines long after steam has disappeared from the rails? These structures were built from yards and yard... (more)

473 crosses the high bridge on its first revenue run as an oil burner.

Kayakers run the rapids on the Animas River as the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express steams along the narrow cliff ledges high above.

The recently restored UP Big Boy 4012, at Steamtown on National Train Day 2021

Southern 2-8-0 #630 runs back to the railroad museum in Spencer, NC in 2013

New Hope & Ivyland crew bring the former L&C #40 (it was relettered during this series of trips back to L&C) to a stop so they can run around the train and take it back to their depot tender first... (more)

We're Thinking Of You Honest Abe. On April 22, 1865 at 12:05 PM, Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train passed through Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on the original right of way of the Pennsylvania Railroa... (more)

We're Thinking Of You Honest Abe. On April 22, 1865 at 12:05 PM, Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train passed through Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on the original right of way of the Pennsylvania ... (more)

Ready for battle! With the fuel and water tanks fully topped and all crew positions fully manned, the White Pass Rotary Fleet sits at Glacier Siding (MP 14.1) awaiting the order to move fro... (more)

Running through a foot of freshly fallen snow, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 rolls northbound at milepost 7 between Adams and Dupont on the Greeley Subdivision on November 26, 2019. After departi... (more)

US Sugar quickly gained notoriety in 2020 for operating their steam locomotive on the only Toys For Tots special in the entire state of Florida.

C&O "Yellow Belly" #490

One of my all time favorite locomotives - this time, a less often shared view of the fireman's side, thanks to a vacant track to the right left by the Museum's more)

Comstock Dawn - First Light. About 20 minutes before sunrise on a chilly winter morning, a short Virginia & Truckee freight makes the journey north from Carson City to Virginia City, NV. more)

My father and I spent the day just east of Roanoke and there are Kodachromes of mine from that day elsewhere on the website. Y6a 2156 is assisting class A 1212 on eastbound coal and I'm there next... (more)

Norfolk and Western class J 606 looks regal sitting in the late afternoon sun, rods down, in a photograph taken by my father.