Favorite Steam Engine Shot

Strasburg #90 pre-trip lubrication:

Tom

I've got all kinds of steam locomotive shots, including several of 4014 which I am proud of, but this one has the most meaning to me.

This is a 2.5" scale steamer that my grandfather built just before his passing in 1993.  This photo was January of this year, the 1st time it had been back on rails at the local club since his passing (27 years).  Within a month of this shot it was cleaned up, inspected, lubed, and fired.  It ran like a Swiss watch.  As much as I love all steam locomotives, this will always be near and dear to me not just because I can run it whenever I want, but because it was made by the man that gave me my love of all things trains.

I might have posted this before... 765 on the Erie Limited in western New York...

On a trip several years ago.

We visited the East Broad Top almost 17 years ago, and these have been favorites for a long time. In spite of hundreds of photos of WMSR 734, these I like very much.

Oilin' Around:

The 1912 Baldwin and the dress of the engineer all add to a time of another era!

Ed

A few years ago at Webster, Va.

...or maybe this one.

@Big Jim posted:

A few years ago at Webster, Va.

Something appears seriously wrong with the up-load of your two phots. They seem "blotchy" or maybe the pixels are distorted somehow.

@Hot Water posted:

Something appears seriously wrong with the up-load of your two phots. They seem "blotchy" or maybe the pixels are distorted somehow.

Then, lay off of the "Red Cap"! 😉

Looking at the image names they appear to have been "retouched" with a watercolor tool.  Interesting.

May 5, 2007, Western Maryland Scenic  My picture from the bike trail. 

Mike, your pic has a certain familiar feel to it.

I took these pics from atop the tender of Alder Gulch #12 (where we were riding):

Here's a couple more shots of steam. Don

No Contest.  I'm standing up in the tender and my Father is at the throttle.

Here is one my Dad took when I was very little, he worked for the SP at that time as a signal maintainer and road around on a speeder.  I now own all of the negatives plus the original 11 X 14 B&W prints that he made.  These have always been one of my favorite locomotives.  It's been so long since he told me I don't recall which place this shot was taken

Here is another shot that you don't see very often, this was right outside the backshops in El Paso, TX

@J. Motts posted:

Here is another shot that you don't see very often, this was right outside the backshops in El Paso, TX

Tough neighborhood! Even the locomotive's alarm didn't deter the bad guys. They stripped her down and put her on blocks.

Seriously, it's a great shot.

Rusty