Upon my arrival, Green Bay greeted me with beautiful Fairbanks Mores switchers still chugging along. In 1973 Green Bay was a busy railroad place with a lot of railroad infrastructure still standin... (more)
Ex PRR E8 leads The Southern Cresent hitting peak speed through the new interlocking at Attleboro.
Buddliner run to Waterbury has to cross over three main tracks at this plant. Everything is so compact at this location the tower is almost hidden. I shot the Budd car at the exact moment the whol... (more)
By this time all of the paper work was complete and soon Conrail would be knoking at the door of the Penn Central.
Yard duty engine pauses beside an unusual Frisco freight car.
The Yard job and the through freight meet at the end of the old New York Central Yard.
The first push pull train I ever encountered swings the curve coming off the Maple Shade Branch. The other delight in this shot are the fallen flag freight cars.
The colors say New haven yet the train orders being read in the cab say Penn Central.
RI track structure was showing the stress of cost cutting in 1973. The Rock was still experimenting with color schemes as well. These paint color variations created interesting power combinations... (more)
U boat and GP 40 team up on Rock Island hotshot. This image shows precarious condition of the diamonds,