"Man and Machine and Nothing There in Between" - Black River & Western 60 simmers away at Ringoes while a crew member stands beside the living, breathing machine.

Steamscape: Mt. Clay, Mt. Jefferson and the Great Gulf. The exhaust plume darkens as Fireman Mark "Cookie" Sodergren continues to shovel soft coal into the torch-like firebox of M... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1309 is photographed inside of Brush Tunnel. 1309 is the second largest operating locomotive in the United States, and the largest in regular service. This 2-6... (more)

As the Big Boy clicked off the last few miles to the layover Fairbury, the light got to be pretty tough for an eastbound on the Marysville Sub. The train rolls along Alexandria Lake as the crowd p... (more)

Meanwhile in the yard at Beamish the coffee pot locomotive is waiting for a traction engine to clear the tracks, which had been used to lift loads hauled by the narrow gauge locomotive "Peter... (more)

Railway above the clouds. About 30 minutes before sunset, Mt. Washington Railway Company Locomotive #2, "Ammonoosuc" and her cherry red coach emerge from a brightly lit undercast as they be... (more)

It is Beamish Museum's annual steam weekend and this year there is a great deal of activity concentrating on the road side of things. Not much is taking place on rails. One of the guests to the pa... (more)

Marching down the New Mexico mainline of Southern Pacific comes a big 2-8-8-4, looking "right nice" with the cab behind the boiler, and real coal heaped high on that tall-sided tender ba... (more)

After an afternoon shooting at Strasburg, a friend and I decided to set up for some night photos. We soon discovered that one of the night hostlers was fellow Lehigh University Model Railroad Club... (more)

On April 6, the former Reading turned Reading & Northern T-1 4-8-4 2102 was taken back out on the mainline for the first time in 31 years. After more than 3 decades of napping, owner Andy Muller ... (more)

Following a day of break-in runs, the Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102, now RBMN, gets some evening TLC at the Port Clinton, PA Steam Shops after a 31-year nap.

In reserve. Waiting in reserve outside the company's engine shops below Marshfield Station is the Mount Washington Railway Company's other operable steam locomotive, the #9, known as "... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road 2-10-0 90 simmers outside the engine house before being put to bed. In the other stall is Pennsylvania 4-4-0 1223.