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NS 1065 leads NS 14Z north up the grade at Lofton Mountain in Raphine, Virginia.

Under the cover of night, Reading & Northern 425 reaches full pressure. If it wasnt for the modern appearance of 425, one would believe this scene was one set many years ago.

NS 12Z rolls north through Stuarts Draft, VA passed the old N&W CPLs thats days are limited.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 simmer in the early morning hours of August 13th. This day would mark the first time the two locomotives ran together since 1988.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 501 sits in the Cumberland Station. WMSR 501 is a GP30 and is painted in the Western Maryland Red and White "Circus Theme" paint scheme livery. The 501 is the western facing diesel on the passenger train for a photo charter.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 leads a freight train around Helmstetters Curve on a Fall Morning. WMSR 1309 is a former C&O 2-6-6-2 Mallet Steam Locomotive that was extensively rebuilt in a multi-year restoration completed in 2021. In this photo, the freight train was being repositioned for a photoshoot just West of Helmstetters.

Reading 2102 storms up the grade at Milepost 102 with the first Fall Foliage Excursion for 2022.

Back in the early part of 2018 for a few runs, there was a power set going back and forth on the Pittsburgh Line, It was SD70 2572 and SD60 6673. 2572 had the rep of having a very loud turbocharger, and this train working up a long straight section of track did not disappoint anyone at all, although it was just me at this location. Now everything is missing from this scene. The 6673, 2572, the PRR Signals, the train 24W. All are gone.

Reading 2102 eases onto the Port Clinton Turntable on a cold October morning.

The Thanksgiving morning Pennsylvanian rolls through CP TROBE towards its station stop in Latrobe, PA.

Reading 2102 opens its cylinder cocks in preparation for departing the Reading & Northern Steam Shops.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 crosses the box trestle bridge over US Route 40. WMSR 1309 is pulling several hopper cars as part of a photo charter. The train repositioning to its next photo opportunity at Helmstetters Curve.

Western Maryland 1309 approaches the B&O viaduct as it highballs westbound out of Cumberland Maryland. The nighttime run was part of a Trains Magazine photo charter in early November of 2022. Taken from the tender, this view is seldom seen and was a must capture.

Looking like something straight out of a time machine, a pair of Alco switchers in matched paint and trademark Alco smoke exit the South Portal of Burton Tunnel on the former Southern Railway French Lick Branch near Norton, Indiana. This event was part of a photo freight charter operated by the French Lick Scenic Railway and their sister freight operation, the Dubois County Railroad, in December of 2020.

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 steams through the Cumberland Narrows on a warm autumn morning, with the sun illuminating the mountainside full of orange leaves. In this 1 second exposure, WMSR 1309 blurs through the landscape along Will's creek, pulling a few hopper cars and a caboose during a po

John G. Munson prepares to depart Conneaut as the evening CN ore train circles the loop prior to loading ore.

CSX leads the ACE through Thurmond West Virginia as the P42 had PTC issues