Steam and diesel excursions across the Country

1522 slowly rounds the sharp curve at New Douglas as it pulls the NS Coffeen excursion wb.

Early morning finds the 3985 and train departing Vincennes, IN on its way back to St. Louis after masquerading as a Clinchfield engine for the CSX Santa Train. We just about froze to death getting this shot!

Talk about a once in a lifetime shot! We rode the Cuyahoga Valley rr behind no 15 and we sap the steam engine resting between excursions so we went down to photograph it. Lo and behold, our own excursion loco unexpectedly show up. On top of that my lunch bill turned out to be '5.87 and my friends was $8.44! What are the odds of that?

Saginaw Timber #2 takes on water for a photo op during the snow train weekend at the Mid-Continent Museum.

The excursion train departs Calico Rock for points south. Due to high insurance costs, the tourist RR was shut down. I do not know if it was revived.

The sb excursion train crosses the White River at Cotter Arkansas on its way to Calico Rock.

Number 2 anb the 1385 team up to pull a sb Snow Train excursion between N Freedom and LaRue.

A sb excursion train rolls through the bucolic countryside south of N Frecdom during the Snow Train weekend.

Back in Dillsboro, we begged and pleaded for a cab ride at the Great Smoky Mountain RR. Alas, there was no room in the cab so they put us up in the tender complete with a padded bench! It was one of the most memorable steam rides I ever had.

D&NM 14 whiles away the night as she waits for her next run the following morning

A WC local slips past #14 which was preparing for excursions the following day.