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East Broad Top Railroad #14 steam locomotive waits at the switch in Rockhill Yard in Orbisonia for the brakeman to change direction. © Andrew Dierks. Quality prints available starting at $29.

At The Switch #03604
The first yellow light of dawn hits the side of two double-heading Strasburg Railroad steam engines moving through the Amish farmland near Strasburg PA. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Black Gold #14845
Pushing black smoke, Western Maryland steam locomotive 734 waits to leave the Cumberland MD station in the cool blue light just before dawn. Quality prints available starting at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Dawn Departure #13669
This retired Metro North EMD FL-9 diesel train engine has been staying just one step ahead of the scrapyard torch while parked here in rural New York. Usually, if you see a train engine without numbers it's sitting on the scrap line or headed that way.

Deadline #14107
A steam freight train heading into the low red sunset and home. Strasburg Railroad, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Fading Glory #14871
On the Strasburg Railroad, a steam locomotive pulls a passenger train past another steam train sitting in a passing siding.

Forward Motion #14826
Only a very cold winter day, smoke billows high above a Western Maryland Scenic RR steam railroad train going through The Narrows outside Cumberland Maryland. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Ghost Train #13013
On a cold winter day, the Western Maryland Scenic RR steam train runs through the Narrows between two high mountain ridges.

Smoke in The Narrows #15247
An eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train of road trailers goes past Alto Tower in Altoona PA, one of the few remaining original PRR buildings on the railroad.

Eastbound At Alto Tower #00415
Two Norfolk Souther helper locomotives roll past Alto Tower on a summer afternoon. ©Andrew Dierks. Altoona, Blair County, PA.

Helpers At Alto Tower #10618
With headlight shining yellow into the darkness, an old fashioned steam train enters a mountain railroad tunnel as the locomotive smoke boils against the ceiling. Lens flares fly all through the shot. Quality prints available starting at $29. © Andrew Dierks

High Beam #13365
Pennsylvania Railroad E8 diesel locomotives from 1952 leaving downtown Altoona PA heading for the Horseshoe Curve. Quality prints start at $29.

Just Leaving #10570
Yellow leaves of sugar maples above a double railroad track perspective at Meyersdale PA in the Somerset County Fall. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Light Tunnel #13707
A Pennsylvania Railroad N5 cabin car and a blue Conrail caboose on display in new winter snow at Tyrone, PA in Blair County. Quality prints starting at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Million Mile Club #14724
Steam locomotive Western Maryland Scenic Railroad #734 pulls vintage freight cars uphill through fall foliage on it's way from Cumberland Maryland in Allegany County. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Mountain Climbing #14704
Old trolley in a wooded streetcar graveyard, a PCC car from PAT Transit in Pittsburgh.

Old Yeller #14161
Number 18, an old steam locomotive in the roundhouse at rest and covered in dust in the East Broad Top Railroad roundhouse at Rockhill Yard outside Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, PA. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Rust and Dust #14221
A panorama of a GG1 electric railroad locomotive sitting abandoned in winter snow and deep cold, former PRR #4917, Penn Central #4934.

Sidetracked Panorama #14068
On a Fall day and wreathed by steam, East Broad Top Railroad #16 heads northbound under the bridge at McMillan's Summit pulling a string of coal hoppers. © Andrew Dierks.

Sixteen Northbound #15313
On a foggy morning, East Broad Top #16 pulls a train into Rockhill Yard past a three-way stub switch near Orbisonia, PA. Quality prints start at $29. ©Andrew Dierks

Coming Into Rockhill #15301
East Broad Top Railroad steam engine #16 goes past a drive-in movie theater filled with classic cars as an old black and white horror movie shows on the screen. Orbisonia, Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County, PA. Quality prints start at #29. © Andrew Dierks

Saturday Night Special #15309

Through The Woods #15287
East Broad Top Railroad steam engine #16 crosses the bridge over Blacklog Creek in Orbisonia PA. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Crossing The Blacklog #15284
East Broad Top Railroad #16 steam engine pulls northward out of the Rockhill yard early in the morning. Orbisonia, Huntington County, PA. © Andrew Dierks. Quality prints start at $29.

Old Girl, New Tricks #15278
Heading back into town, an East Broad Top Railroad steam freight train pulled by #16 crosses the Runk Road bridge as a 1949 Plymouth convertible goes underneath. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Heading Into Town #15291
On a foggy morning, East Broad Top #16 moves northbound past the shop buildings through Rockhill Yard with a freight train in tow. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Coming Through #15299
East Broad Top Railroad #16 leaves Rockhill Yard and the railroad shops pulling a string of empties southbound to the mines at Robertsdale. Quality prints start at #29. © Andrew Dierks

Southbound At Rockhill #15298
An East Broad Top Railroad narrow gauge steam train moves across the central Pennsylvania landscape as the black coal smoke drifts across freshly cut hay fields and into the mountains. Quality prints starting at $29. Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, PA. © Andrew Dierks

Smoke Across the Fields #10640
Wreathed in steam, East Broad Top RR #16 shoulders into the pull as it begins to move forward through the railyard. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks.

Shining Through #15311
Strasburg Railroad train at dawn moving through farming countryside.

Smoke At Dawn #14866
Clouds of smoke and steam from an old fashioned steam train on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad crossing the Potomac River at Cumberland MD. Quality prints starting at $29. © Andrew Dierks

The Crossing #12980
Steam locomotive headlight in close up on the #763 Berkshire engine of the Nickel Plate Road on display in the VA Transportation Museum.

Third Eye #10530
Drive wheels and main rod on Norfolk and Western #611 J Class steam locomotive at Roanoke's Virginia Transportation Museum.

Three Drivers #10525
Shay Steam Locomotive Running at Cass Scenic Railroad

Time Machine #13289
In this replica period photograph, a Northern Central steam engine and train stop at Glen Rock PA in York County. © Andrew Dierks. Quality prints start at $29.

Stop At Glen Rock #15226
A recreated old glass plate photograph showing Casey Jones at the throttle of his steam locomotive moving down the railroad track. New Freedom PA train. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Casey Jones #15228
An 1860s steam locomotive of the Northern Central RR pulls a passenger train through the farmland while making heavy black smoke.

Straight On Home #15222
Northern Central Railroad steam engine #17 pulls a passenger train through the early Spring woods at New Freedom, PA. Quality prints start at $29. © Andrew Dierks

Smoky Woods #15233
Northern Central Railway steam engine #17 rounds a curve heading south through the Fall foliage near Glen Rock, PA. Quality prints start at #29. © Andrew Dierks

Around The Bend #15350
A reproduction antique steam train built as President Lincoln's Civil War era funeral train moves thorugh stunning fall foliage near New Freedom, York County, PA. Quality prints available starting at $29. © Andrew Dierks.

Time Traveler #14235
Main drive rod and large wheel of a steam locomotive, Norfolk and Western #1218 at the VA Transportation Museum in Roanoke.

Traction #10527
Twin smokestacks rise high above the railroad shops and yard of the East Broad Top Railroad at Rockhill Furnace, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County PA. © Andrew Dierks. Quality prints start at $29.

Twin Towers of Rockhill #14108
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