Train time at Paoli, 1975, as the Kansas City-bound "National Limited" slows to a halt. This train, which also served Columbus, Indianapolis, and St. Louis, was discontinued in 1979.

Penn Central GP30 2208 switches the former Reading yard in Rutherford, Pennsylvania. Within a few years, the yard would be closed as part of Conrail’s operational streamlining, and all Harrisbur... (more)

The setting sun is not exactly glinting off the dusty flanks of the 4809 as she and the 4855 head up an eastbound intermodal on the old PRR main. That's my dad's 1969 VW Beetle parked along old H... (more)

It's Leap Year Day 1976, about a month before Conrail, as the Penn Central's No. 4889 leads Amtrak's National Limited eastbound on the old PRR main line. Note the raised air intakes just below th... (more)

On the eve of Amtrak, ex-PRR E8 4267 leads a short Penn Central train 170 (Washington-Boston) through the Forest Hills section of Boston on its way to South Station.

At dusk, one of the original United Aircraft TurboTrains running as Penn Central train 3002 between New York and Boston glides across the Mystic River swing bridge on the Connecticut coast. These ... (more)

With Bangor & Aroostook #80 and an unknown NYC Diesel on the head end this rather short northbound freight is about 6 miles from the terminus of the former Pennsy line from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw ... (more)

The consist of Boston-Washington train 175, the Patriot, is still all New Haven, including the two FL9s up front, but a brand new sign on Kingston tower (formerly known as SS 133) indicates that ... (more)

A former New Haven FL9 that has been renumbered but not yet repainted by Penn Central heads up a short New Haven-Springfield train passing the south end of Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, headed no... (more)

From 1898 until the terminal's major reconstruction in the mid-1980s, banks of lower quadrant semaphores protected the approaches to Boston's South Station. Penn Central E8 4268 led a Providence-b... (more)

The evening rush hour is underway as an ex-PRR E8 accelerates a Providence-bound Penn Central commuter train out of South Station past Boston Terminal Tower 1. This area is completely changed toda... (more)

An ex-New Haven Alco Century 425 fronting a pair of U25Bs smokes things up a bit on a westbound freight at Milford, CT. This train, bound for the EL/L&HR gateway at Maybrook, NY, originated at Ced... (more)

There's no place like home! Penn Central N9E transfer caboose (a.k.a. cabin car). Wellsboro Junction, PA (former New York Central branch).

A Penn Central westbound freight rolls slowly to a meet with the sad little 3-car passenger train from Buffalo, NY.

With a healthy burp of Alco smoke, an A-B-B-A set of former New Haven FAs and FBs accelerates past South Bay Tower in South Boston as they get underway with Penn Central train BL-1 for Lowell, MA,... (more)