Links


Special Steam Trips:

RailServe Steam Specials Calendar
A calendar of upcoming steam train charters, photo specials, mainline steam, and other unique steam operating events (not regularly scheduled).

John McIvor's Steam Train Diary
Another resource for special steam trips.

Steam Operators in the Northeast:

Reading & Northern Railroad (Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway)
Limited passenger excursions pulled by Reading & Northern 4-6-2 #425 in northeast Pennsylvania.

Steamtown National Historic Site
Homepage of Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA. Information on excursions and planning a visit to the museum and roundhouse complex.

The Strasburg Railroad
Classic steam tourist line in Lancaster, PA. Home to multiple operating steam locomotives in scenic Amish country. Next door to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

New Hope and Ivyland
Tourist line in New Hope, Pennsylvania; right across the border from New Jersey.

Wilmington and Western
Tourist line in Wilmington, Delaware.

The Valley Railroad
Tourist line in Essex, Connecticut.

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Tourist line in Cumberland, Maryland.

Steam Operators in the Mountain West:

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
Regularly scheduled narrow gauge steam over Cumbres Pass and through the Toltec gorge in the mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. A National Historic Landmark.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Year-round narrow gauge steam in the San Juan mountains of southwest Colorado.

Georgetown Loop
Reconstructed narrow gauge railroad operating on a short stretch of track in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado.

Nevada Northern Railway
National Historic Landmark operating 2 standard gauge steam locomotives in Ely, Nevada.

Black Hills Central Railroad
Standard gauge steam in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Mainline Steam Operators:

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #765
Currently one of only two operating 'Berkshire' type locomotives. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana; excursions operated in the midwest and northeast. Part of Norfolk Southern's '21st Century Steam' program.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Museum located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mainline excursions operated in the southeast as part of Norfolk Southern's '21st Century Steam' using Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 and 2-8-0 #630.

Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
Recently restored to operation and based at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. Operates limited trips as part of Norfolk Southern's '21st Century Steam' program.

Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #261
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota; excursions operated in the upper midwest.

Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 #4449
Based in Portland, Oregon.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3751
Based in Los Angeles, California.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 #2926
Being restored to operation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Union Pacific Railroad
4-8-4 #844 and 4-6-6-4 #3985 see limited service as symbols of the railroad for PR purposes; you're unable to buy tickets for most trips. Based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.