#4014 cruises through the famous Blue Island Junction, crossing the diamonds with the former Grand Trunk Western. This was a popular location for the photographers today and railroad police office... (more)

The largest steam locomotive ever built splits the signals and races across Nebraska from N. Platte to Grand Island.

Big Boy 4014 Rolls in to downtown Bell Plaine Iowa for a stop on the 2024 Midwest Tour

Big Boy 4014 Rolls Eastbound through farm country, just West of Carroll Iowa on the 2024 Midwest tour

Norfolk & Western 475 coasts through Cherry Hill on a sunny summer day.

Valley Railroad 97 runs around her train in Deep River, CT.

4-8-4 CN 6213 is seen preserved near the CN Tower.

Nickel Plate Road 765 charges towards Ray as it is nears the state line between Michigan and Indiana.

Every now & then in this hobby you get to see someone famous riding the rails, this day it was Jay Leno riding in the cab of UP's "Big Boy" #4014 across western Iowa during their Heartla... (more)

UP 4014, the Big Boy, cruises through the corn fields of eastern Iowa as it approaches the town of Grand Mound. 4014's itinerary today is traveling from Cedar Rapids, IA to Rochelle, IL where it'l... (more)

Economy Haze (Haze?!?)

With Kylah at the throttle, K-36 #480 of the Durango and Silverton pounds upgrade at "Irongate" (not a railroad-defined location) above US High... (more)

Everett Railroad 11 charges upgrade at McKee Gap on a damp summer evening after heavy thunderstorms.

K4s 1361 and her tender sit in the roundhouse of the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. The locomotive is in the process of restoration to operating condition and the tender appears to be read... (more)

Everett Railroad 11 approaches Martinsburg under threatening skies late in the evening.

Nickel Plate Roads. While the 2024 RailFest weekend at Steamtown featured a special Nickel Plate Road reunion, so did 2015. On September 5, 2015, long term Steamtown resident Nickel Plate R... (more)