The Pennsy built flyovers in several places to enable freights to cross into the center tracks of the Northeast Corridor without blocking the outside tracks. One such place is Lane tower, where t... (more)

Amtrak GG1s days of operation on Amtrak were drawing to a close in 1980, but one wouldn't know it from this view of two GG1's leading the Silver Star past Lane Tower in Newark.

Still in PRR paint, crossing Raritan River on a hot summer evening

Just rolling in from NYP

Richard Beal photo: WOOOOOSH! From Richard: My dad and I rode this fan trip from Wash DC to Harrisburg via the electrified freight only line via Three Mile Island. From there we turned East to... (more)

E units take over for GG-1 at South Amboy

GG-1 and generator car blowing snow and throwing ice!

Northbound Amtrak No. 172, the "Southern Crescent," blasts around the curve at Arbutus, MD on March 21, 1978 with two GG-1s.

Short long distance consist on the "local" track.

GG-1 and generator car with four Amfleet just north of Edgemoor Yard.

Southern Crescent crossing Raritan River on "cloudy-bright" June day.

Weather-beaten, "bloody nose" GG-1 has B&P tunnel protection duty this day as it rests near the station.

With the engineer battling the sun, his clocker cruises down jointed rail on the way to Phila.

The changing of the guard. Amtrak's ownership of the NEC is less than two months old as GG-1s line up with the E60s bought to replace them. A yellow Ford Pinto with vinyl top stands guard. The wei... (more)

Mystery train. Perhaps the Washington section of the National Limited on a detour? The National Limited split at Harrisburg with the NY section going via the PRR mainline and the Washington sect... (more)