N&W 475 waits on the main for the passenger train to take the siding at Groffs.
N&W (Strasburg) 4-8-0 475 heads into the sunrise on a Carl Franz photo charter.
Just like Amtrak does today in many places of the country, a passenger train sits in the siding while a freight blasts by on the main.
My friend watches the final Troops & Trains extra of the day startle a group of horses on its way back to the station.
Strasburg's mixed train heads back home with 475 in charge.
With the sun mere inches off the horizon, Norfolk & Western No.475 heads into the rising sun with a Carl Franz photo charter mixed train.
At 101 years old, you would think 7A class 1007 would be doddering across the Kaaimans River Bridge, but she's stepping along quite smartly!
Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! Having conquered the Montagu Pass, they are drifting downgrade into amazing suns... (more)
Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! The coastal plain, visible through the notch, is 2400 ft. below.
The driver blows the whistle as the last train of the day prepares to leave Don Junction.
475 may be just a freight hog, but she can certainly hustle along!
No. 475 poses obligingly for the camera after pulling the special N&WHS mixed train during the Society's 2006 Strasburg Convention.
