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Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4041 at Scranton (Steamtown), PA June 27, 2026

Scranton’s Steamtown is a museum of North American railroading. But it is also a citadel of Lackawanna heritage. It is the respository of Lackawanna equipment and artifacts. In its heyday more than a century ago, Lackawanna was an increadibly busy and very profitable railroad. In 1915, some 32 freight and passenger trains in each direction would work the mainline east of Scranton on a daily…

One of the great things about Steamtown in Scranton, Pa., is that admission is free. Last week, Kris and I arrived shortly after the park opened and spent several hours wandering around. There’s a lot to see and I hadn’t visited inside the museum in a number of years. I made these images using my Nikon Z7-II and performed post processing using Adobe Lightroom. I’ve lightened shadows, reduced…

I went to Steamtown once. I lost the pictures but luckily my mom had them on her Facebook before she forgot her phone in the washer so she was able to send them to my new phone!

It was a blistering hot afternoon when we exited the Steamtown Mall on the elevated footbridge that offers views of the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western shops and yards that are now part of the Steamtown complex at Scranton, Pa. Below us was a selection of Central Railroad of New Jersey passenger cars, DL&W multiple units, various cabooses and sad looking freight cars, plus a Reading…

In the summer of 1983, my family traveled to Vermont to photograph Steamtown operations on the Green Mountain Railroad. I made this view on Kodachrome 64 of former Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-2 1246 on its return run from Chester to Bellows Falls. It was one of several Kodachrome slides that I made that day. In addition, I also exposed some black & white film. I was soon to begin my Senior…

This train… Carries saints and sinners This train… Carries losers and winners This train… Carries whores and gamblers This train… Carries lost souls

I said this train… Carries broken hearted This train… Thieves and sweet souls departed This train… Carries fools and kings Lord, this train… All aboard

I said now this train… Dreams will not be thwarted This train… Faith will be rewarded This train… Hear the steel wheels singing This train… Bells of freedom ringing

Out of the thousands of photos I've taken over the years, this, perhaps, is my favorite. Steamtown's Union Pacific 4012, better known as "Big Boy", in the snow this past Thursday. Getting to see it like this and capture the moment was a dream come true.