Detroit, in the early 1960s, was not a hot bed of Pennsy activity, in terms of freight traffic; there was only one or two inbound trains per day. On the plus side, they were typically drawn by som... (more)

The last surviving PRR Baldwin locomotive, SMS's restored DS4-4-1000 earns her keep switching cars for the railroad in South Jersey. No. 9069 is captured here with 17 years service under her belt... (more)

it is late afternoon and the Pennsy's summer time NORTHERN ARROW with sections headed for Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago via Fort Wayne has backed out onto the railroad dock to pick up passenge... (more)

The NORTHERN ARROW was made up of sections from Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. It operated during the summer months to bring tourists and cottage owners to northern Michigan resorts. Its dest... (more)

An A-B-A set of PRR Baldwin sharks at Columbus, Ohio, taking coal from the N&W to port on Lake Erie.

Three PRR Baldwin Sharks have come across the Monongahela River to pick up interchange from the P&LE and the Monongahela Ry. at BF Tower, Brownsville, Pa. April 14, 1961. Five yard tracks prec... (more)

Westbound Pennsylvania Railroad F7A-B-A #9792 with 98 boxcars of merchandise near Altoona, PA. Note the coupler covers on the lead unit, and the Pennsy style roof top induction antenna on the ... (more)

J-class #6490 was cranked out of the Altoona Shops as a part of the war effort in '43 & '44, and, like this one, all were eventually scrapped. But on this date, it was captured in color taking co... (more)

In the shark tank at St. Clair Ave. enginehouse, waiting for their next assignment, is PRR BF15-class #9581 and sister #9588. The PRR St. Clair Ave. Roundhouse is behind the 20th St. Shops. East... (more)

The hogger of a switch move powered by an old #4420 I1s waits for a hand signal from the man riding the rear end, probably breaking apart an arriving westbound. No radios being used here. John n... (more)

Erie-built FM's, PRR class FF20 in the service rack at Columbus mated in A-B-A configuration

J1a #6403 poses for a picture at Columbus. It was likely part of the PRR motive power force defending the turf on the Sandusky coal trains v. the 11 Santa Fe 2-10-4's brought in to augment the fl... (more)

Erie-built FM power #9471 sits on the turntable at St. Clair Ave. roundhouse, PRR class FF20. Behind it a Baldwin shark and showing it's tender in the stall is what appears to be #5016, leased Sa... (more)

Brakeshoes smoke after descending the summit west of Altoona, the crew brought the train down the mountain safely and may run through. The coupler cover, still intact, is noteworthy. The station i... (more)

The company the photographer held an assembly-line job with went on strike for a 25-cent raise in September 1951. That was all the temptation he needed to climb aboard PRR train #13, an overnight... (more)