After unloading the passengers they brought in on a special excursion from Philadelphia, PRR E8s 5711 and 5809 pull forward to head toward the roundhouse area, passing another visitor in town for ... (more)

Deep in the Delaware Water Gap, PRR E8s 5711 and 5809 ease around Point of Gap curve with Mount Tammany looming in the background. The E8s were leading an excursion from Philadelphia to Scranton f... (more)

Altoona Railfest 2007 excursion train returns to Altoona after the first trip of the day around Horseshoe Curve.

6755 & the 3750 both sit basking in the sunlight after a heavy snow leaves them showing off their true beauty that they have. Shame they are not fired up & melting that snow themselves!

I don't know about you but the Snow really shows of the awesome colors of PRR's/ Strasburg Railroads "J" Tower

3750 sits outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Snow covered, perhaps thinking of the days of when there was never snow building up on her like this unless it was from pulling Freight & Pa... (more)

Alto Tower stands guard as the Pennsy E8s return to Altoona after another trip around Horseshoe Curve.

The motive power displayed here also included PRR 460 4-4-2 that powered the "Lindbergh Special" on 6/11/1927 , and Lehigh Valley RR #40 Budd RDC-1. The smoke in the background is coming from PRR ... (more)

Cue the Jaws theme music...John found the shark-tank on the PRR at Canton, 9712 and 9588 in-between jobs, with several other sets in the pit. This is one of the Canton photos posted at more)

Anyone want to take a stab at what train this might have been? Figure mid morning and westbound, pulling NH baggage/express and heavyweight PRR/Pullmans in the 1100-series, this pair of EMDs pau... (more)

A westbound with roadworn E7A 5873, EMD builder plate intact and chicken-wire equipped, pulls into the Pennsy side of the Union depot with a late morning train. PRR Class EP20.

Double-header steam excursion with PRR 7002 & PRR 1223 from Strasburg to Harrisburg and turning at Wye at Rockville, is seen having just departed Harrisburg Station on it's return to Strasburg.

The hostler has cleaned the fire, dumped the ashes and is now washing the ash hopper. I saw about a dozen K-4's at Camden this day.

A trio of sharks has eastbound tonnage in tow nearing the Canton depot. Canton was a shark hotspot. John's website is now active at GodfatherRails.com<... (more)