Stenciled on the tender of every Norfolk & Western steam locomotive was “Black Smoke is Waste”. This photo is the absolute antithesis of what the N&W wanted their image to be. N&W 611 puts on ... (more)

Steam Stop. I took this shot at a nighttime photo shoot organized by the NC Transportation Museum. It was extremely well done. One of the good things about an organized photos shoot there ... (more)

Perspective is good. Norfolk Southern Corp Train 955 is catching the last light as is rolls through Shippensburg, PA on the evening of August 20, 2019. The large silos of Wenger Feeds by Possum Ho... (more)

Norfolk and Western 611 at daybreak on the Strasburg Railroad during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

N&W 611 with a freight at sunrise on the Strasburg Railroad. This was part of a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Norfolk & Western 611 pulls a freight consist on Long Curve.

Norfolk & Western 475 and 611 put on a smoke show at Leaman Place Junction. Since this photo charter was in the 1950s era, I decided to make a black & white version.

The gentleman who is getting to be an "At the throttle engineer" is sure getting his money's worth as the Norfolk and Western J pours out the smoke and makes a lot of noise at the North Carolina T... (more)

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611... (more)

N&W J 611 cab hop rolls down the track during the celebration program at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer.

"Tracks to Tomorrow": As the sun began to set on a long day of shooting along the Road to Paradise, N&W #611 headed east into the sun which presented this view near Carpenter's Crossing ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 611 works up the grade at Carpenters Crossing with a "Hand on the Throttle" participant.

Norfolk & Western 611 and 475 idle side by side for photographers.

"Take me back": As the sun continues to rise to the East, a Norfolk & Western J Class locomotive makes haste with a hot shot freight. Norfolk & Western #611 - October 2019

The Human Element

So story time. This photo wasn't planned, but nothing could really be more appropriate.

The whole impetus of my long weekend trip to PA was to... (more)