The rain continued most of the day. This happens in hilly country in the summer. A spectacular freight arrived with 6 units leading. A GP35, two GP 30s, F unit and two geeps.

F7 and GP9 are entering Grafton engine facilites during a summer shower. The rain makes them look new.

Another mine run gets underway near engine facility. The brakeman climbing aboard looks like a Faller HO figure. The new Chessie System logo was called a broken dish. By 2008 standards it also loo... (more)

This is one of the top railfan destinations in America. This is good because you will see a lot of trains and great scenic locations. This is bad becasue many images from this area will be uploade... (more)

On July 4 1976 Conrail was four months old. Most of the Reading locomotives in this area were devoid of all Reading logos. Shot taken from the back of SEPTA train.

The big ALCO CC units were drawn from all over the new Conrail system congregating at Mingo. LV, EL, PC and RDG. Conrail was moving fast to sand off the old logos and names to create a new corpora... (more)

An old Pennsy U28C survived the trials and tribulations of Penn Central, but was soon deadlined by Conrail after new SD 40-2s and C30-7As came aboard.

Amtrak locomotive 448 on train number 448. How often does that happen? This is the second part of the foliage sprayer event. A railfan in Pittsfield stated that the spray liquid was a detergent ba... (more)