Big Diehl Photography

06/03/2026

*Note: This photo was taken in a very controlled enviroment! The locomotive is stopped and all partaking are under the safety umbrella of the crew.*

About to steam into the portal of the "new" tunel on the White Pass & Yukon Route , we find 2-8-2 No. 73 on a weather riddled day climbing the Alaska Coast Range into Canada, just a couple of miles ahead.

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06/02/2026

Shooting with the camera you have…

I got invited to tagalong with Nick and Nick on the Bluegrass train the other day but did not have my camera… Sometimes that iPhone in your pocket really is the best camera you have when it’s your only camera

shot in the Lightroom app using Adobe raw

06/01/2026

https://youtu.be/j2Sn-yFnTIg

A Legend in The Snow: Rio Grande Southern No.20 Comes Home to Durango (Part 1)

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

We’re trackside in Durango where it looks like Yard Limit Productions Railroad Photography has left his tell tell mark….

Here we see the Ghost Town & Calico Railway number 340 visiting from Knotts Berry farm on a shakedown run.

05/27/2026

It's White Pass Wednesday...

Today, we're watching as Engineer John pulls the throttle of White Pass & Yukon Route 73 as it accelerates out of Carcross, Yukon during a Lerro Photography special in September of 2025.

05/16/2026

We present the first part of our trip with the Colorado Railroad Museum’s Rio Grande Southern 20 with Lerro Photography on the Durango and Silverton this last February

Yes... it happened, not only did they restore it and run it on the main line... , Jeff, Dusty, Brett, and the rest of the crew from the ...

05/06/2026

We're along the tracks of the Durango and Silverton on a Lerro Photography photo special where we find the Colorado Railroad Museum's Rio Grande Southern 20 steaming along the Rio de Las Animas, the River of Souls, on its way up the Animas River Cañon.

05/03/2026

Why did Big Diehl go to Michigan in a Polar Vortex?

To bring you stuff like this...

The REAL Polar Express, The Chesapeake and Ohio 2699... Er, Sorry... The Steam Railroading Institute's Pere Marquette 1225 as it rolls through the snowy landscape in January 2026 on a Lerro Photography led charter.

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04/14/2026

The group picture from the 2026 Hyce Charter!! We are still amazed that this happened and that we'll be doing it again!