The "Mountain" is open. Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Locomotive #9 makes its southbound charge up the grade known as "The Ladder" toward Alna Center, hauling the f... (more)

Narrow Gauge takes its turn. With Virginia & Truckee #25 and her standard gauge train holding on the main, the narrow gauge Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" come... (more)

V&T Survivor: #25. Topping off its tender cistern at the Nevada State Railroad Museum's water tank is one of the two surviving Virginia & Truckee Locomotives that can still operate. This ... (more)

Strasburg's own "Queen of Steam." The Strasburg Rail Road's regular, hourly passenger train hustles past the photo line at the 2019 "Reunion of Steam" event, with the former Great Western D... (more)

Steam on the Naugy. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. saddle-tanker #126 runs the tight narrows between old Waterbury Road and the Naugatuck River as she makes her northbound charge toward Thomaston, ... (more)

Steam passenger service on the Torrington Line. Railroad Museum of New England Engineer Bill Sample takes Lehigh Valley Coal Co. #126 north on the old New Haven Torrington Line, hauling thr... (more)

Articulation. How do you get a 2-6-6-2 locomotive around a sharp curve? The answer is articulation. This engine has two sets of drivers. the boiler and tank sits firmly over the rear se... (more)

Climbing to Oblivion. The first morning departure of the Black Hills Central's "1880 Train" charges upgrade toward the summit just ahead which is known as "Oblivion." In its early years, ... (more)

BHCR #110, a Compound, Articulated Mallet Tanker. Yes, the 110 is one of just two such 2-6-6-2T locomotives that are in operation in the US today. The other is at Niles Canyon in Californ... (more)

At the summit of Tin Mill Hill. Departing out of Hill City, passengers on the Black Hills Central's "1880 Train" get an immediate taste of mountain railroading and the terrain for which the... (more)

Hill City: The climb begins. Less than a mile outside the Hill City Yard, the Black Hills Central's "1880 Train" begins its ascent up Tin Mill Hill. This is perhaps a 1/2 mile section of ... (more)

Departing Hill City. The first morning departure of the Black Hills Central's "1880 Train" rumbles across the little timber trestle at the entrance to the Hill City Yard as she heads east t... (more)

Narrow gauge passenger service in Alna, Maine, circa 1911. See photo data for actual date.

Snowy departure at Sheepscot. Although the weather in Maine during December of 2011 has hardly been winter-like, the WW&F's Victorian Christmas event was treated to an unforecast, early mor... (more)

Mt. Washington Railway Company's Locomotive #9 backs her train off the Skyline Siding after allowing an ascending train to pass. This is the highest of the two locations on the line where trains... (more)