Cumbres & Toltec K-27 No. 463, masquerading as Rio Grande Southern No. 455, crosses Ferguson's Trestle just as the sun breaks the horizon. This was the second day of a Friends of the Cumbres & Tol... (more)

WMSR 734 rounds Helmstetter's Curve on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

The former Chesapeake and Ohio J-3 Greenbriar 614T wears its temporary number while running westbound with hoppers during the January 1985 steam power tests.

Bathed in soft light, the beefy profile of Sierra Railway #2 is highlighted against the backdrop of Mikado #34.

At rest in the original Sierra Railway roundhouse, surrounded by the tools that once kept her running, husky Mikado #34 awaits her turn to come back to life. For now, she sits at Railtown 1897 as... (more)

Gerald Corder of the Locust Heights and Western Railroad sits at the Saw Mill as the Climax simmers away under the days failing light. What started as a caboose built as a playhouse transformed ... (more)

As the afternoon shadows grow longer, Grand Canyon Railway 29 charges out of Coconino Canyon and makes a break for the high steepe of Northern Arizona. Remnants of a three day blizzard that droppe... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road along with the Norfolk and Western Historical Society presented 475 as part of a night shoot on a steamy Summer evening. The 4-8-0 locomotive was built in 1906 by the Baldwin L... (more)

Man and his Machine: Engineer Shane Frederickson in a backlit morning scene monitors the steam gauge as he prepares to unleash 210 lbs of steam on the Lehigh Gorge State Park.

It's always cause for celebration when NKP 765 comes to town.

You gotta have a caboose. And you want to get home. Given such a challenge railroaders can be very creative. Their regular caboose was bad ordered in Chama, and there was no spare. So rather t... (more)

The Trains and Tripods program put on by the California State Railroad Museum allows photographers the chance to photograph the museum without the crowds. Southern Pacific Cab Forward No.4294 was ... (more)

Misty morning in Yacolt. The early morning ground fog and mist are still burning off in the tiny Washington hamlet of Yacolt, as the crew of a Crossett Western saddle-tanker takes their loc... (more)

Now at rest inside the roundhouse at the California State Railroad Museum, Southern Pacific P-8 Class Pacifc #2467 is on loan from the City of Oakland and the Pacific Locomotive Association. 2467... (more)

Operating as NS train 958, the Petersburg-bound "Cavalier" excursion train crosses the curved trestle over Eagle Creek, east of Lynchburg.