Thick black smoke fills the sky as Black River & Western 60 moves at track speed over the 1st Neshanic River Bridge.

Steamscape: Cold Spring Hill. Amid a sea of fall colors, Mt. Washington Railway #2 claws its way up Cold Spring Hill with the noon-time steam trip, destined for the summit of the highest pe... (more)

Cog Railway Engineer Joe "Eggy" Eggleston. In all of my travels to steam railways over the past couple of decades, I can't say I've ever met anyone who loves his job as much as Joe Egglesto... (more)

Painted in its 1970s paint scheme, Black River & Western 60 crosses the Copper Hill Trestle as the sun sets on a fantastic day of steam railroading.

Beneath the African sky, Wonder Steam Train's class 15CA No.2850 poses for photographers during a Stimela Photographic Event.

Looking right at home, Reading 4-8-4 2102 leads the return leg of a Reading – Philadelphia excursion west at Colebrookdale Junction, Pennsylvania. Seen above and left of the big Northern is the ... (more)

The last time 1218 ventured out onto the main line: for an event at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. Here she sits on display as an NS freight passes eastbound.

Nevada Northern's rotary snow plow was the featured subject for the annual night shot in 2016. #93 was a nice addition to the event, which was well worth every penny spent and every minute to t... (more)

Western Maryland #1309 works upgrade near the site of the old coal tipple near Mount Savage on the Trains Magazine photo charter.

Western Maryland #1309 catches the last rays of golden sunlight at Helmsetter's Curve on the last runby of the Trains magazine photo charter weekend.

Western Maryland 1309 starts its freight train up Helmstetter's Curve as the sun begins to shine through the clouds, lighting up the beautiful landscape of Cash Valley.

"Maryland Mornings" Western Maryland 1309 leads its freight train through The Narrows as the sun glistens on the side of the freshly-restored Mallet and its consist.

It's a pity that such a spectacular machine can only come back to life through photographs of the Quinta Normal's visitors. Locomotive 1009 is the only survivor of the 10 type 100 that arrived to ... (more)

#1309 is on its first charter of 2022, on the interchange track between WMSR & CSXT. What a great weekend.