The stack talk was deafening, as Reading T-1 No. 2102 accelerated a string of hoppers down the Schuylkill Valley. The headlight was off, prototypically, per the Reading experts on hand that day, ... (more)
Reading Lines GP30 No. 5513 and T-1 No. 2102 posing at the old South Hamburg station area on the Blue Mountain and Reading's ex-PRR Schuylkill Division
Reading T-1 No. 2102, working upgrade along the Little Schuylkill Branch in 1991. Thirty of these locomotives (2100-2129) were produced by the Reading Shops between 1945 and 1947, heavily rebuilt... (more)
The two Soviet steam locomotives P36 0064 and 0050 are double heading a passenger train between Bakhmach and Grebenka
The striking semi-streamlined P36, named after its Kolomna project number and nicknamed Pobeda (victory), was the USSR's final express passenger steam locomotive. Slightly less powerful but faster... (more)
No. 611 puts on a show for the three photographers that were trackside at Cherry Hill during the last run of the day on May 30, 2021.
No. 611 simmers outside the Strasburg shop on its first day of excursions service on "The Road To Paradise" for 2021.
History at ABQ - Santa Fe 2926. More than 20 years since it was pulled out of a local park in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical So... (more)
Former Southern Pacific class GS-4 #4449, a 4-8-4 "Northern" is seen on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland. The locomotive was built by the Lima Locomotive Works ... (more)
The face of a queen. I missed seeing Norfolk and Western #611 in 2019 in Strasburg so when it was announced it would be there all this summer, I was very excited. It was certainly a unique experie... (more)
Coming Soon to a Mob Scene In Anthracite Country Reading 4-8-4 2102 is the first fan-tripper that I ever photographed, in 1973 with an instamatic camera and print film. It was disg... (more)
On the final run of the evening, the 611 brings her train back toward the station.
The Class J 600 gives a little smoke show as she pulls out of the tree tunnel on the Strasburg RR.
