Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.
Blue Hour Crowded Crossing. On the evening of Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the marked crossing at Springfield Avenue at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, a number of vintage a... (more)
Frisco 4501, a 2-10-0, on display at the Museum of American Railroads in Frisco, Texas.
Frisco 4501, the 4-8-4 "Meteor", on display at the Museum of American Railroads in Frisco, Texas.
Clean Caboose On Home Rails | Rolling across a bridge at Lancaster, AR, the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's passenger train heads north towards Springdale with newly-restored Frisco caboose ... (more)
Caboose Cruising | Trees whiz past the back of the caboose on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad passenger train as it makes its way north just a couple of miles south of Mountainburg, AR on ... (more)
The Caboose Backs In | Freshly-restored Frisco caboose number 1291 eases into position at the Van Buren, AR depot on a cloudy Saturday, April 27, 2024. The pair of Alco C420s powering the t... (more)
The 1942 Baldwin-built oil-fired Frisco 4-8-4 No. 4501 is seen in this view from the rear of a Pullman car during our walking tour of the yard at the Museum of the American Railroad. One of three... (more)
U.S. Mail carriers Charlie and Ben load mail during the Steam Into The Fall night photo charter.
JNLC 5 and SLSF 1630 both get servicing during the Steam Into The Fall night photo shoot at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Hoopin’ Orders. SLSF 1630 hoops It’s orders during the Steam Into The Fall photo charter at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Frisco 1630 holds for traffic on the mainline before departing. Trains were running all night long as part of the 70th anniversary for the museum.
1630 pushes the coach train west back to the museum.
Early in the daylight hours, Frisco decapod #1630 heads east with the demonstration freight, as rain pours down.
The 1630 gets loaded up with coal at this scene well after midnight. Though this engine would be done running for a few hours; the Nebraska Zephyr, coach train, and street cars would continue runn... (more)
