SIXTY TON ANGEL 2008
The restored 2472 steam locomotive from the 1920s at the Niles Train Museum. Taken several hours after it was shut down for the night, this spectacular relic was still steaming.

 

BLUE RUST 2008
A derelict steam locomotive at the Niles Train Museum.

 

WESTERN PACIFIC 2008
Restored postwar diesel locomotive stored at Niles Canyon Railway.

 

THE GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM 2008
Niles Canyon Railway.

 

UNION PACIFIC 2002
Boulder Train Museum, Boulder, Nevada.

 

CHRISTMAS UNPLUGGED 2008
Xmas decorations left on board one of the restored passenger cars in late January at the Niles Canyon Railway Museum.

 

1890 LOCOMOTIVE 2002
Cowboy era steam locomotive, hiding on the backlot at the Boulder Train Museum.

 

END OF THE LINE 2008
In the quiet back corner corner of the Niles Train Museum.

 

ENGINE 2472  2008
Running up and ready to sprint.

 

SWITCHER  2008
Niles Train Museum.

 

PUDDLE 2004
Hunters Point.

 

 

TWELVESIXTYNINE 2008
Another derelict at the Niles Museum.

 

ENGINE 7 2007
19th Century locomotive languishes under a Las Vegas-bound airliner, the very form of transportation that caused it's demise.

 

MAIL CAR 2002
Retired and rusting at the Boulder City Rail Museum.

 

2706 2004
Old train in storage for the now closed rail museum at the mostly abandoned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

 

RED SIGNAL  2008
Niles Canyon Railway.

 

DEMON RUST   2002
Boulder Train Museum, Boulder, Nevada.

 

THE BIG EXPRESS  2008
After a long day of prepping the 2472 steam locomotive for a trip early the next morning, the exhausted engineer, Chris, takes a break perched on the nose of the hissing, steaming beast.