Train Photos Now Available

Over the years, I’ve accumulated a number of photos of trains and railroads. I’ve often been asked to make them available for sale. To meet the demand, I’ve created a gallery of photos of steam locomotives. Prints of these photos are available for sale in three sizes: 8-1/2 X 11″ 11 X 14″ 16 XContinue reading “Train Photos Now Available”

A Trip Backward in Time

I recently had an opportunity to visit and photograph the little town of Thurmond, West Virginia. Tucked deep into the mountainous region in the New River Valley central to the state, it was once a thriving center for servicing the mammoth and frequent Chesapeake & Ohio coal trains that traversed the rails through this beautifulContinue reading “A Trip Backward in Time”

For the Love of Trains

There’s something about a train that’s hard not to love.  Many of their features are worth noting, but to my way of thinking, it’s the wheels that are most iconic.  This is especially true for the drive wheels of steam locomotives.  They were, after all, the motive power that moved heavy loads across miles ofContinue reading “For the Love of Trains”