With the steam train following in the footsteps of the legendary Reko 01 5. through the Saale valley from Leipzig to Saalfeld, last steam locomotive stronghold of the GDR's express train locomotiv... (more)
A weekday trip for local schools is being prepped.
Information taken from a plaque on the tender. AT&SF 3424 was purchased September 1921 from Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone PA. at a cost of $61,927.08. Used in passenger service on Chicago ... (more)
Little River Railroad 110 hustles across the Sauk River on a hot June afternoon.
The AAPRCO special departing Clewiston eastbound. At the time, this was the largest group of passenger cars on the line to run, but their own fleet has grown to this size in 2025.
USSC 148 puts on a good show as it departs Lake Placid for points south. The 4-6-2 is really working good now on most excursions as the Sugar Express consist has expanded to 9 cars (plus a diesel ... (more)
With temps not yet into the 60's at this hour, #148 makes a grand exit from the shop area to pick up her train.
The Cumbrian Mountain Express Charter train runs from London to Carlisle and return
USSC 148 highballs south through Venus at 40mph, and "under" a tree canopy on the SCFE Sebring subdivision. This shot was attempted on the previous SB trip earlier in the day, and we kne... (more)
Shortly after crossing the state line at Hagans, VA the steam special is heading back toward Louisville after drawing huge appreciative crowds all along. I hope to see her again in the same place... (more)
SR 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co' @ Toddington on the Glous Warks Railway.
LMS 5690 'Leander' crosses Whalley Viaduct, 48 arches, 600 yards long and 70 feet above the valley with the 1Z25 'Fellsman' 1519 Carlisle- Lancaster
LNER 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' with the 1Z59 1301 York -Bescot locomotive positioning excursion.
The 1.75% grade begins just beyond this two-span steel truss bridge on the old Western Maryland mainline in the Narrows west of Cumberland, and the vestibule-cab 1238 is really pouring it on. The ... (more)
A heavy snow shower is falling, as 012 104 of Faszination Dampf is leaving Braunschweig with a chartered passenger train on its way to Leipzig.
