Great Western Railway: "We do it better". Re-enacting a morning run from Windsor to Loveland, Colorado, Great Western Decapod #90 leads a freight train around Long Curve at Pennsy... (more)

Creeping off into the sunset. With the cold winter sun about to dip below the horizon, a re-creation of the Norfolk & Western's "Virginia Creeper" heads west toward Abingdon, Vir... (more)

Passing farms in Watauga. A westbound Norfolk & Western Train 202, "The Virginia Creeper", passes a dairy farm in Watauga, VA, en route back to her base in Abingdon.

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An icon of the Strasburg Railroad, 2-10-0 Number 90 steams along, ready to pick up another train of visitors for the day. Number 90 was built in June 1924 for the Great Western Railway in Colorado... (more)

Strasburg’s 4:15 Santa Express has just arrived back in Strasburg with a nearly sold-out train. The day is not over – another Santa Express has just departed, and two Night Be... (more)

*Steam in the Snow*: Great Western decapod #90, hauling the ex-Philadelphia & Reading President's Business car #90, thunders around Long Curve outside of Paradise, Pennsylvania on the snowy mornin... (more)

The NKP 757 and two icons of Pennsy steam- K4s No. 3750 and M1b No. 6755, in the fall of 2018. The 757 was moved to Bellevue, Ohio, in February of 2019. These three would have to be right up the... (more)

Strasburg Railroad 90 works hard up the steep grade at Esbenshade. With a freight train in tow wearing its 1960s-early 80s paint scheme, this is a scene that could easily be mistaken for a photo i... (more)

Steam meets steam during the start of a heavy snow squall in the late fall of 2017. Decapod No. 90 is holding the main as Mogul No. 89 negotiates the siding with its icicle-covered train.

Pennsy power, down by the Strasburg enginehouse in the fall of 1986 with the 1223 and 7002 getting ready to doublehead. The 1223 debuted on the Strasburg in 1965 and was retired in 1989. The 700... (more)

The Strasburg's 0-6-0 No. 31 is climbing the grade at the Cherry Hill "station," passing the famous sign- "Pop. 17 (More or Less.)" No. 31 (CN 7312) was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

The world's only preserved EMD E7, PRR Class EP-20 (Electro-Motive, Passenger, 2,000 HP) No. 5901 at the RR Museum of PA in 1990. This locomotive and its sister No. 5900 were built in September 1... (more)

Strasburg 90, repainted in her 1960's tourist livery, trundles through soon-to-be-harvested farmland in early morning light.

It’s Not Red, But…

Since moving to a new home about a dozen miles from Strasburg, I have made an effort to find a way to combine steam with other local elements that only have ... (more)

Strasburg Railroad 90 works hard up the grade out of the tree line as it nears Carpenters Crossing.