The Strasburg shop crew must have been asked "how's it going?" one too many times, judging by the message written in chalk on the boiler. The 475 first ran on the Strasburg on November ... (more)

An encounter in the farmland of Virginia. The Engineman of a Norfolk & Western M-Class "Mollie" gives a friendly wave, as his engine hauls a short mixed consist west through Virgi... (more)

N&W 475 at Carpenters crossing, with the rolling hills and farms in the background

N&W 475 passing Carpenters cemetery on an early fall afternoon

N&W 475 runs passed the soon to be harvested corn fields outside of cherry hill farm, approaching the crossing at esbenshade road

Contrasting reactions..... A trio of Amish kids and their pets watch the passage of Norfolk & Western M-Class Locomotive #475 and her mixed consist on Long Curve, with mixed reactions. No... (more)

Sunrise on the last operable N&W "Mollie". Norfolk & Western M-Class "Mollie" #475 hauls a short, mixed consist at sunrise on Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, at the ... (more)

An unlikely combination....just because we could. Although there were some M-Class survivors still serving the Norfolk & Western when the J-Class locomotives were operating, I'm not aware o... (more)

Westbound at Groff's. With her big sister the 611 holding the siding at Groff's Grove, N&W 475 (lettered as 382) begins to accelerate her mixed train westward toward the crossing at Cherry ... (more)

Side-by-side at Groff's. The weather looks a bit threatening as N&W Locomotives M-Class #475 (lettered as 382) and J-Class #611 pose for portraits on the long siding at Groff's Picnic Grove... (more)

Norfolk & Western 475 starts the ascent out of Leaman's Place Junction, passing the Yard Limit Sign.

The 12:00 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen passing the Red Caboose Motel returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & Western... (more)

The 3:30 Strasburg Rail Road train is seen cutting away from the coaches after returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & We... (more)

The 2 pm Strasburg Rail Road train is seen crossing Esbenshade Road returning back to the station in Ronks. Locomotive 475 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Norfolk & Western Railw... (more)

Several lines of storms rolled through Central Pennsylvania today, so I headed to Strasburg to get the last train of the day in evening storm light. The rainbows and dark clouds from the previous ... (more)