"The Thunder of Steam in the Blue Ridge" is a 1973 black and white film that documents the Norfolk & Western Railway's steam locomotives in the scenic Blue Ridge region of Virginia. Utilizing an ...

As a 2-8-4 with the four driving axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and superstructure.

He developed several new forms of photographic equipment, notably rigging 43 flash bulbs to fire simultaneously so as to capture a steam locomotive at night. Of his preference for shooting after dark ...