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This calendar
features upcoming steam train charters, photo specials, mainline
steam excursions, and other unique steam operating events in the U.S. & Canada.
For a full calendar of all railfan events, including special diesel-powered
excursions, rare mileage trips, and railroad festivals, please see our
Railfan Events & Excursions Calendar. For additions to this page, please
Submit Your Event.
See also:
Tourist Railroads,
Steam Locomotives,
Locomotive Records &
Statistics,
Steam Photos,
YouTube Vids
Last updated June 20, 2021.
JUNE 2021
June 26-27: Stewartstown Railroad Steam
Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 powers three weekends of
steam excursions from Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
More information: Stewartstown
Railroad
JULY 2021
July 3: Grand Canyon Railway Steam Excursion to the Canyon
Steam-powered excursion to the Grand Canyon using 2-8-2 #4960 - Williams, Arizona
More information:
Grand Canyon Railway
Related photos:
Grand Canyon Railway Steam Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam to the Grand Canyon (Yard Goat Images)
July 3-5: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad Steam Excursions
Steam excursions with Santa Fe 4-6-2 #3415 from
Abilene, Kansas
More information:
Abilene & Smoky Valley
Railroad
Related video:
Midwest Steam Part 2 (Yard Goat Images)
AUGUST 2021
August 5 - September 6: Union Pacific Big Boy 2021 Steam Tour
UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 leaves Cheyenne for travel through
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and
Colorado
More information: Union
Pacific Steam
Related video:
Big
Boy 4014 in the Midwest (Yard Goat Images)
August 7: Huckleberry Railroad Railfan Weekend
Train rides with Alaska Railroad 4-6-0 #152 plus shop tours, demonstrations,
and model trains - Flint, Michigan
More information:
Huckleberry Railroad
&
Facebook Page
Related photos:
Huckleberry Railroad Photo Gallery
(SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Midwest Steam Part 1 (Yard Goat Images)
August 7: Grand Canyon Railway Steam Excursion to the Canyon
Steam-powered excursion to the Grand Canyon using 2-8-2 #4960 - Williams, Arizona
More information:
Grand Canyon Railway
Related photos:
Grand Canyon Railway Steam Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam to the Grand Canyon (Yard Goat Images)
August 7-8: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad Steam
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 0-6-0 #126 powers two weekends of
steam excursions from Lebanon, Ohio
More information: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
August 14-15: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad Steam
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 0-6-0 #126 powers two weekends of
steam excursions from Lebanon, Ohio
More information: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
August 21: Iowa Interstate Steam Excursions - Oxford
Iowa Interstate QJ steam locomotive #6988 powers four trips from Oxford,
Iowa
More information: Oxford
Fire Department
Photos:
TrainFestival 2011 w/ Iowa Interstate QJs (SteamPhotos.com)
Video:
Steamin' Summer Volume 2 (Yard Goat Images)
August 21-29: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Roundup of Victorian
Iron Horses
Visiting steam locomotives include Eureka & Palisade #4, Glenbrook,
and D&RGW #315 (as #425), plus recently restored D&RGW #168 - Antonito, Colorado
More information:
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Related photos:
Cumbres & Toltec,
D&RGW #315,
Eureka & Palisade #4 (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam in the Mountains Vol. 2 (Yard Goat Images)
August 26-29: Prairie Village Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree
Train rides with Lima 0-6-0 #29 and Alco 0-4-0T #11 - Prairie Village, South
Dakota
More information:
Historic Prairie Village
Related video:
Trains, Tractors, Threshers: A Celebration of Rural Life (Yard Goat Images)
August 28-29: Tweetsie Railroad "Railroad Heritage Weekend"
Two days of train rides with steam locomotives 4-6-0 #12 and 2-8-2 #190 -
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
More information:
Tweetsie Railroad
Related photos:
Tweetsie Railroad Railfan Weekend Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
SEPTEMBER 2021
September 2-3: Durango & Silverton Photo Charter
Two-day photo freight with K37 #493 and SP 4-6-0 #18 plus night
photo session in Silverton - Durango, Colorado
More information:
Trains Magazine
Related photos:
Durango & Silverton
Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Cascade Canyon Winter Train (Yard Goat Images)
September 2-6: Midwest Old Threshers Reunion
Midwest Central Railroad operates steam locomotives during the festival - Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa
More information:
Midwest Central Railroad
September 3-5, 10-12 & 24-26: Nevada Northern Railway Loco 81 Photo
Weekends
3-day weekend photographing freight and passenger trains with newly restored
2-8-0 steam locomotive #81 - Ely, Nevada
More information:
Nevada Northern Railway
Related photos:
Nevada Northern
Railway Winter Steam Spectacular (SteamPhotos.com)
September 4: Grand Canyon Railway Steam Excursion to the Canyon
Steam-powered excursion to the Grand Canyon using 2-8-2 #4960 - Williams, Arizona
More information:
Grand Canyon Railway
Related photos:
Grand Canyon Railway Steam Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam to the Grand Canyon (Yard Goat Images)
September 4-6: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad Steam Excursions
Steam excursions with Santa Fe 4-6-2 #3415 from
Abilene, Kansas
More information:
Abilene & Smoky Valley
Railroad
Related video:
Midwest Steam Part 2 (Yard Goat Images)
September 18: Grand Canyon Railway Steam Excursion to the Canyon
Steam-powered excursion to the Grand Canyon using 2-8-2 #4960 - Williams, Arizona
More information:
Grand Canyon Railway
Related photos:
Grand Canyon Railway Steam Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam to the Grand Canyon (Yard Goat Images)
September 25: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Locomotive 168 Photo
Charter
D&RGW #168 leads a charter with historic passenger consist
- Antonito, Colorado
More information:
Friends of
the Cumbres & Toltec
Related photos:
Cumbres & Toltec
Scenic Railroad (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam in the Mountains Vol. 2 (Yard Goat Images)
OCTOBER 2021
October 2-3: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad Steam Excursions
Steam excursions with Santa Fe 4-6-2 #3415 from
Abilene, Kansas
More information:
Abilene & Smoky Valley
Railroad
Related video:
Midwest Steam Part 2 (Yard Goat Images)
October 7-8: Cumbres & Toltec Rio Grande Photo Special
Two-day photo charter with
D&RGW #168 and a K-36 - Chama, New Mexico
More information:
Trains & Travel
Related photos:
Cumbres & Toltec
Passenger Trains,
Cumbres & Toltec Freight Trains (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam in the Mountains Vol. 2 (Yard Goat Images)
October 8-10: Nevada Northern Railway Locomotive 81 Photo Special
3-day photo charter with newly restored 2-8-0 #81 - Ely, Nevada
More information:
Nevada Northern Railway
Related photos:
Nevada Northern
Railway Winter Steam Spectacular (SteamPhotos.com)
NOVEMBER 2021
November 5-7: Cass Scenic Railroad 2021 Rail Heritage Weekend
Three days of photography opportunities with Heisler #6 and Shays #4 &
#5 - Durbin & Cass, West
Virginia
Details forthcoming:
Durbin &
Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Related photos:
Cass Railfan Weekend Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Cass Railfan Weekend (Yard Goat Images)
November 6: Everett Railroad Photo Charter
Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a mixed freight with photo runbys
from sunrise to sunset - Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania
More information:
Historic Transport Preservation
Related photos:
Everett
Railroad Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
November 7: Strasburg Rail Road Photo Charter
Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 #475 powers a mixed freight with photo runbys from
sunrise to sunset - Strasburg, Pennsylvania
More information:
Historic Transport Preservation
Related photos:
Strasburg Rail Road Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
More Pennsylvania Steam Stories (Yard Goat Images)
JANUARY 2022
January 2: Conway Scenic Railroad "Steam in the Snow"
Photographer's Special
Grand Trunk 0-6-0 #7470 leads an excursion with runbys to Notchland from
North Conway, New Hampshire
More information:
Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
Related photos:
Conway Scenic Railroad Photos (SteamPhotos.com)
Related video:
Steam in the Mountains Vol. 1 (Yard Goat Images)
MARCH 2022
March 26-27: Sierra Railway Photo Charter
Sierra Railway 4-6-0 #3 leads a mixed train on the Sierra Northern Railway -
Jamestown, California
More information:
Lerro
Productions
March 28: Niles Canyon Railway Photo Charter
Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2 #7 ("Skookum") and Clover Valley
Lumber 2-6-6-2T #4 lead photo freights - Sunol, California
More information:
Lerro
Productions
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