Willmar, Minnesota.Engine 2523 is a P-2 class mountain type locomotive survivor of the steam engines acquired by the Great Northern Railway from Baldwin Works in Pennsylvania in 1923 to spee… Read More

We continue in our quest to bring you the most diverse Speed Read selections we can. This week includes a Honda Monkey inspired by a train, a Suzuki Freewind scrambler and a rocket-powered H… Read More

Oakland, Maryland.This 1920 locomotive was originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad in Arkansas. The locomotive originally carried t… Read More

Lubbock, Texas.Built as coal burner by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pa., the engine originally ran on the Burlington Northern's main line. It was later converted to oil. Beh… Read More

Hill City, South Dakota.Engine #7 turned 100 in 2019. This engine was in service at the 1880 Train until 2012, when it was retired and placed here for all to enjoy and photograph. Built by t… Read More

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman expressed doubt that the four major U.S. Class I railroads could ramp up rail service and reach the service targets they laid out by Decem… Read More

Greenville, Pennsylvania.1 of 9 identical engines built in 1936 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone Pa Built originally as #304 for the Union Railroad to work the Pittsburgh steel mills… Read More

Fort Eustis, Virginia.Steam Locomotives of this type were built by American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works and Lima Locomotive Works between 1942 and 1945. The 2-8-0 series wer… Read More

Bismarck, North Dakota.This coal-fired steam locomotive was built by the Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1909. Numbered 2164 by the… Read More

The photos from Marty Bernard were taken from the Roosevelt Road Viaduct and the trains were on the leads to LaSalle Street Station on June 24, 1973. Rock Island E6A 630 was brought out to p… Read More

Long Leaf, Louisiana.Red River and Gulf #106 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive works in September, 1923. It is a 4-6-0 type locomotive and is very similar to Crowell #400. Its builders num… Read More

The Indian Railways put into service its revamped heritage steam locomotive Azad WP 7200 to bring alive the magic of steam-hauled trains. The 70-year-old engine hauled the iconic Indian Luxu… Read More

Roanoke, Virginia.The Classes J, A and Y locomotives were special. What made these locomotives so special compared to products of the commercial builders of steam, such as Lima Locomotive Wo… Read More

Flagstaff is a city in Arizona, United States of America, with a population of about 72,402 as of 2019. The city is at an elevation of 2,106 m above the ground and surrounded by deserts, mou… Read More

Long Leaf, Louisiana.Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, Construction #51175, January, 1919 Baldwin Class 10-32-D #1167, type 4-6-0. Delivered at Long Leaf, February, 1919… Read More

2018....our biggest year ever. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary in May and reached the 500 post milestone back in August....and we are approaching 1 Million unique visitors to the blog… Read More

Tower, Minnesota.This steam locomotive was one of 12, received from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1910, used by the Duluth, and Iron Range Railway (as number 218) and later by the Duluth… Read More

Being a long time RailFan one of my favorite stops while living in North Carolina was the North Carolina Transportation Museum also known as the Spencer Shops, it is located in the town of S… Read More

One of my scattershot enthusiasms has long been the steam locomotive. Especially the technical peak of the steam era, which (naturally) occurred just before the technology disappeared altoge… Read More

SIBIU - City Highlights Sibiu - Aerial View Sibiu (Hermannstadt in German) was the largest and wealthiest of the seven walled citadels* built in the 12th century by German settlers known… Read More