One of the more unusual sights on the Strasburg Rail Road was the PRR’s 1940’s re-creation of predecessor Camden & Amboy’s John Bull. The original was donated to the Smithsonian in 18... (more)

For a few short years, doubleheaders of Pennsylvania Railroad steam could and did occur at Strasburg. Here 4-4-2 7002 and 4-4-2 1223 have arrived at Strasburg, and are pulling forward to run aroun... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road workhorse 2-10-0 90 rolls into Strasburg with the last train on a busy July day. The “leaning tower of crossing protection” is long gone, and a freight runaround siding occ... (more)

It All Started Here

In 1960, the Strasburg Rail Road made the now-legendary decision to bring steam back to its roster, and the 0-6-0 that it purchased from the Canadian National w... (more)

From 1965 through 1989, a constant presence on Strasburg’s roster was Pennsylvania Railroad D16sb 4-4-0 1223. Here the classic 4-4-0 rolls past the shops at Strasburg.

Norfolk and Western 475 charges westbound with the coach train into Cherry Crest Adventure Farm.

Back in 2019, Norfolk & Western J Class 611 paid visit to the Strasburg Railroad for a couple of months. Seen here the 4-8-4 steamer is seen pulling the 15 minute shuttle through the Farm Fields o... (more)

Strasburg Railroad 89 completes a 4 mile jaunt, moving a 7-car train into East Strasburg

Strasburg Railroad 89 and Strasburg Railroad 90 idle side by side at Cherry Hill with reenactors posed with the locomotives making the scene feel even more authentic to the 1960s.

Strasburg Railroad 89 pulls into a siding with a well-sized and well-proportioned freight train, thus concluding the morning session of the Steam Strikes Back Photo Charter.

Strasburg Railroad 90 charges up the grade near Carpenters. The cloudless October day allowed for gorgeous lighting and a beautiful sky background and the cold temperatures allowed for lots of smo... (more)

"Man and His Machine" Strasburg Railroad 90 releases steam as the fireman throws a switch allowing for 90 to pull into a siding in the East Strasburg Yard to allow for a switch in con... (more)

Working in the Loveland Yard. A Freight Agent from the Great Western Railway of Colorado chats with a local farmer, who has stopped by the Loveland Yard to drop off some produce for shipmen... (more)

A gloomy winter day on the Front Range. It's a gloomy, damp February afternoon on the high plains east of Colorado's Front Range, as a Great Western freight makes its way west toward Lovela... (more)

"Autumn on the Road to Paradise" With a load of beautifully restored vintage freight cars, the largest and youngest locomotive at Strasburg, #90, travels through a tree tunnel.