After a long and eventful day, Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) rests under the stars in UP's Beverly yard. The Big Boy will depart Beverly at approximately 0900 in the morning, to visit the state cap... (more)

Special Freight Move. Engineman Roger Whitney and Brakeman Bryce Weeks bring their special freight move through the yard area at Alna Center, Maine, en route to Sheepscot Station, about 2.5... (more)

Winter on the Maine Coast. In a cold, wind-driven rain, so common in coastal New England winters, WW&F Locomotive #9 races southbound near Humanson Brook, toward the seaport town of Wiscass... (more)

WW&F Engineman Robert Longo. WW&F Engineman Robert "Bullet Bob" Longo, poses with the 130 year-old Locomotive #9 at the Sheepscot Water Tank, in Alna, Maine.

Blowdown at Sunrise

Engineer Pete strolls past M&NF 12 in the early morning light. M&NF 12 was built in 1905 for the Southern Railway. She got a reprieve from the scrappers torch when she was purchased by the Moreh... (more)

Fireman loading coal into 491s boiler

Close enough? Born as Mississippian 76 (Baldwin, 1920), the recently minted Baltimore & Ohio 476 spent time at the Penn View Mountain RR (Blairsville, PA), Gettysburg Railroad, Ohio Central... (more)

Logan, WV C&O shops, 09/04/53, photographer unknown. John E. Troxler collection.

A Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet runs again! WMSR / C&O 1309 is fired up and takes its first steps outside of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's shops in Ridgeley. Constructed in 1949, C&O 1309 ... (more)

C&O 1309 was out test running today. She looks good all stretched out. More testing and tightening up and she will be good as new.

Tank engine Elveția is pulling one of CFF's winter specials up Vaser valley just past the end Of Viseu. They organized holiday specials to cope with the high demand: 4 trains with 30min inter... (more)

New Hope Railroad engine 40 blasts through the deer park section of its excursion in the still of night.

Plowing snow between Dalton, New Mexico, and Cresco, Colorado is Cumbres & Toltec Rotary OY and outfit train on the afternoon of February 29, 2020. Pushing the steam-powered plow is K-36 Nos. 487 ... (more)