Steam at Rockville

In the sixty-plus years since the Pennsylvania Railroad dropped its fires, only abut five occasions come to mind when steam once again ran on the Great Broad Way... (more)

Ex Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 steam locomotive #972 sits at Strasburg Station. The locomotive is partially disassembled, awaiting restoration.

This is an image of the yard at the Strasburg Railroad in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. It was shot just before 9am on a late fall morning. The Strasburg yard presents many interesting compo... (more)

In the shadow of Neversink Mountain, a Reading – Philadelphia excursion commemorating the Reading Company sesquicentennial traverses Klapperthal Curve. Klapperthal a long, sweeping horseshoe c... (more)

The Reading Company sesquicentennial Reading – Pottsville excursion passes the former Pottsville Junction tower about a half mile short of Pottsville yard limits. The signal bridge in the distan... (more)

George Hart’s Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 leads an excursion celebrating the Reading Company’s sesquicentennial at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. The trip was a Reading – Pottsville round trip.

The Reading station in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, now long gone, was still intact during the Reading sesquicentennial celebration in 1983. Here a Reading – Pottsville excursion to celebrate the even... (more)

In celebration of the sesquicentennial of the founding of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, a series of excursions were conducted on various Reading lines. With no serviceable Reading steam loc... (more)

George Hart’s ex-Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 most probably spent most of its common carrier life plying branch lines in Canada. It continued in branch line service on ex-CNJ trackage out of Jim Thorp... (more)

Saturday, October 25, 1975 dawned as miserably as any autumn day could. Rain came in waves, with frequent downpours. Nonetheless, I was going out to take photos, because a double-headed steam excu... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 #972 awaits a hopeful return to service at the Strasburg Railroad. A partially-built Belpaire firebox was added by SRC in 1997-98 - an attempt, long before the arrival of ... (more)

By 1985, patronage on the Jim Thorpe-based excursions had grown, as witnessed by this three-car train leaving Jim Thorpe. With the acquisition of the ex-CNJ trackage by the county, extended excurs... (more)

George Hart's CP ten-wheeler leads a one-car excursion past the former CNJ engine facility in Mauch Chunk yard. To the right is the stone oil house, and the top of the turntable can be seen over t... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 #972

This engine was built by Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Canada on 9/1912 for Canadian Pacific Railway. It was sold on 12/31/1965 to George M. Hart at ... (more)

George Hart's ten wheeler and FEC 4-6-2 #148 doublehead excursion train through the rain and mist.