“Wartime Travel” San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society volunteer’s ad drama to this scene that was part of a fund raising shoot for the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society to he... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 rolls along Lake Superior with Duluth's trademark lift bridge as a backdrop. This was the first of two test runs made with DM&IR SD18 193 providing dynamic brake resi... (more)

Comstock: MP 46.6. A V&T Freight traverses the wide, sweeping horseshoe curve at American Flat on a chilly winter afternoon, en route to its destination at Virginia City, roughly 5 rail mil... (more)

The thunder of Class J 611 breaks the silence of a graveyard in Salisbury as a warm sunlight covers the gravestones.

A quiet moment is a rarity for the engineer of a steam locomotive, but veteran engineer "Bullet Bob" Longo has the decades of experience to pick just the right time to light up. He's a great frien... (more)

Missabe 227 has the largest cab I've ever been inside (and that includes several Big Boys!). The engineer seat is open to visitors at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

Passing through the Cascade Canyon wye area while en route from Silverton to Durango in the rain.

Living history. During the dark years of World War II, America's industrial machine was perhaps its most critical weapon system, yet the workforce that made it run, which had historically b... (more)

The two Grand Canyon Railway's steam locomotives 2-8-2 Mikado #4960 and 2-8-0 Consolidation #29 are seen on the "dark side" of the wooden bridge at Miller's Wash (MP 36.1). A great Lerro... (more)

Silhouette at Miller Wash

A silhouette, twice as nice, with both Grand Canyon 2-8-0 #29 and 2-8-2 #4960. Photo ops abound at Miller Wash in Coconino County, AZ, some 36 miles north of Wi... (more)

Sunset at Fox Lake. Just a minute or two of daylight remains as a local SOO Line Freight runs eastbound across the causeway just south of Fox Lake, Wisconsin. The power this evening is the... (more)

Rushing an eastbound excursion toward Radford the classic Mikado attracts some bovine attention in the bucolic interlude between Marion and the vast metropolis of McMullan. When there don't miss ... (more)

Sunset North Pole Express. Just a few minutes from official sunset, the first of the Valley Railroad's 5 North Pole Express Trains rumbles north across the Deep River Creek Bridge on its wa... (more)

Podmoskovnaya station and locomotive depot were built in 1901. Until 1945, passenger traffic was carried through the station. In the 1940s, the station was the largest marshalling station of the M... (more)

As dark envelopes the Yard in black pouring rain, the Engineer reluctantly returns to his charge, New Haven No. 3025. He will climb aboard, release the brake, tug the throttle and to put the big b... (more)