Steve’s Blog
Trip Report – The Durango & Silverton
Writing about the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is difficult because it requires using all of the overused superlatives such as excellent, magnificent, wonderful, marvelous, supreme, outstanding, remarkable, first-rate, premier, unsurpassed,...
Trip Report – Conway Scenic Railroad
I regret that I only had a few hours to visit Conway Scenic Railroad in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It was the middle of a three day photo charter but due to distance and some major traffic delays from the first day’s location, I showed up late one...
Trip Report – Mount Washington Cog Railway – When Steam Ruled
Mount Washington Cog Railway is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It was the the first mountain climbing cog railway in the world when it was completed in 1869. Passengers are carried on The Mount Washington Cog Railway starting from the Marshfield...
Trip Report – NKP 765 Travels Home
NKP 765 made her way from East Peoria, IL to Logansport, IN on the day following the Rock Island Train Festival. It traveled on the Toledo, Peoria & Western (TPW), a short line owned by RailAmerica. The evening before, shortly after the festival closed, NKP 765...
Trip Report – Tank Engines & NKP 765 Travel to the Rock Island Train Festival
I hate to sound like a broken record about the days we worked on the Steamin’ Summer DVDs, but one of the hottest, most unbearable days I’ve ever experienced was the day I attempted to follow NKP 765 Travel to the Rock Island Train Festival across Indiana and...
Trip Report – Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad
I was tickled when Roger Holmes of the Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad, invited me to the Photo Special held in July, 2011. The photo session was thoughtfully scheduled between the Little River Railroad Birthday Celebration and the Rock Island Train...
Trip Report – Monticello Railway Museum
I’ve been interested in visiting the Monticello Railway Museum for some time, and that interest grew considerably in 2010, when steam locomotive Southern 401 was restored to operating condition. It took me another year before finally making it there. I arranged...
Trip Report – Rock Island Train Festival
The Rock Island Train Festival was the country's biggest railroading event during the hot summer of 2011. The four-day event was held along the Mississippi Riverfront in downtown Rock Island, IL on park land and the adjacent rail yards. Among the highlights...
Trip Report – Little River 110 Birthday Celebration
Little River 110 celebrated its' 100th birthday in 2011, and it was great fun shared by many happy steam fans. Of course I was there with our video cameras to record the one-time event that took place over three days between Coldwater and Hillsdale, MI....
A Lasting Memory
While attending the Rock Island Train Festival at Rock Island, IL, I was in the rail yard getting video footage of NKP 765 as she simmered in the July heat. Since they were waiting in the yard, the crew beckoned a young lad to come up and see what the cab looked...
