TOP LEFT: Richard Butterworth feeds the beast as WMSR 734 takes one of its final turns around Helmstetter’s Curve on a charter done by the railroad in April. The 100-year-old Baldwin was due to shut down for its mandatory 1,452- day or 15-year inspection. ABOVE: “Mountain Thunder,” Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 734, screams out of Brush Tunnel on the former Western Maryland mainline out of Cumberland near Mount Savage, Md., on April 9. JON WRIGHT


LEFT: Strasburg Rail Road 475’s crew consisting of engineer Earl Knoob and fireman Darin Esterly bring the 4-8-0 to the opposite side of the train during the runaround move at Paradise, Pa. Earl is giving the passengers a friendly wave as they prepare for the trip back to Strasburg station on August 18. KATINA NANOS


ABOVE: Strasburg Rail Road’s ex-Great Western 2-10-0 90 leaves Leaman Place, Pa., on a crisp fall day. An exceptionally warm fall has many of the leaves still green in the first full week of November. JEFFREY S. SMITH


RIGHT: Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 2 softly simmers by the Cass engine shop in the West Virginia mountains on the humid evening of June 10. TRISTAN MILLER


LEFT: Among autumn colors, ex-Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 No. 25 (built by Baldwin in 1905) begins one of its brief round-trips at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City on October 22. STEVE VANDENBURGH


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