ABOVE: A Norfolk Southern steam excursion, led by Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 765, is southbound on Reading & Northern trackage, passing the classic signal bridge at Glen Onoko, Pa. The train is crossing over from former Lehigh Valley to former Jersey Central rails en route to a station stop at Jim Thorpe, Pa., on the return leg of an Allentown to Pittston round trip on August 22. WILLIAM BOKEKO
LEFT: NKP 765 heads westbound on the 1875-built former Erie Portage Viaduct at Portageville, N.Y. in Letchworth State Park on August 1. The Berkshire was powering a round-trip between Buffalo and Corning over Norfolk Southern. The viaduct, which spans the Genesee River Gorge, will be replaced by a new bridge within the next two years. PETE SWANSON
BELOW: The 1910 Moore-Keppel Lumber Company Climax operated by the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley glides along its namesake river in West Virginia with a period mixed freight on a Chase Gunnoe-sponsored charter on October 3. MARK FRANCO
ABOVE: Not yet 20 years old, Stephen Lane already has experience with steam at the East Broad Top, Steam Into History, Williams Grove, and on the Everett Railroad, where he fired recently restored 2-6-0 No. 11 on the southbound 2:00 p.m. Santa Train on December 12. OREN B. HELBOK
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