Stearns, KY was roughly mid-way between Cincinnati and Chattanooga on Southern Railway's Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific subsidiary. A northbound local behind heavy USRA Mike 6319 (Souther... (more)

In a rare scene from the early days of color photography, Southern Ps-class Pacific 1244 is shown at the roundhouse at Savannah, Georgia in 1938. The 1910 Baldwin is all spiffed up in green, silve... (more)

In a truly classic view taken by the late E. G. Baker, CNO&TP (Southern) train number 3, the southbound Royal Palm, continues its daylight trip from Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Up front today is g... (more)

The "Hoghead": in this photo by an unknown local photographer in the Middlesborough area, a classic steam era engineer is pictured standing beside L&N K-2A number 161 on one of the daily passenger... (more)

Before the "StPaul" was called the "Milwaukee" and before the "Pacific" was added the photo above was captioned as train #8 stopped at Portage,WI. date on back showed 1898. Photo hung for years in... (more)

At the old South Shop of Southern Railway (later renamed Pegram, in honor of retired v.p. Robert B. Pegram), Ps-4 Pacific 1408 is in the processing of receiving a Class 3 (heavy repairs) overhaul.... (more)

Southern Ts-1 class Mountain 1490 is serviced at Asheville in 1939. The USRA-design Light 4-8-2s worked passenger trains in both directions, via the Knoxville Division to and from Knoxville, and a... (more)

Just before we close the file (for the time being!) on the Great Northern Railway's elegant Atlantics, here's a fine study by an unknown photographer of 4419 in early LNER days. She's standing wit... (more)

Here is a third large boilered GNR 4-4-2, No 4444 seen storming past Belle Isle on the way out of Kings Cross with a special for the horse racing at Newmarket. The train is formed of former South ... (more)

Whilst we're on an 'Atlantic' theme and following Brian Stephenson's recent posting, here's another wonderful century-old image by a skilled but unknown photographer. Passing a London bound train,... (more)

D&M 4-6-0 132 East Tawas MI 9-14-1935. Unknown Photographer.

Former Great Eastern Railway 'Claud Hamilton' class 4-4-0 No 8787 passes through Welwyn North station with an up Cambridge Buffet Express heading for Kings Cross, London at line speed as a humble ... (more)

Prior to WW1, the Midland Railway had an enviable reputation for quality and service. The Midland's finest flowering in motive power were Samuel Johnson's 'Spinner' 4-2-2s, arguably one of the mo... (more)

The 'grouping' of Britain's many independent railways in 1923 heralded the end of glorious sights like this. It is 1922 and a 1912-built Caledonian Railway '139' class 4-4-0 in the Caledonian's wo... (more)

Another unseen image from 83 years ago finds ex-London & North Western Railway 'Prince of Wales' class inside cylinder 4-6-0 at the same location as my previous posting, but looking in the opposit... (more)