We’re standing on the Jersey Central right-of-way, watching a westbound 86-car Conrail train descend the ramp to the Lehigh Valley main line. This ramp was built as a result of the 1965 shared t... (more)
The eastbound Washington Section of the Broadway Limited is passing the L351-L352 signals adjacent to the Washington Boro United Methodist Church parking lot, preparing to switch onto the Columbia... (more)
An old Penn Central E8 that has seen much better days as it sits collecting rust. It belongs to the Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio. Perhaps one day it'll be restored.
The consist matches the dull day as a westbound train crosses over the Lehigh Valley and approaches East Penn Junction. This helps to illustrate why early Conrail was so difficult to swallow for t... (more)
A set of light engines running from Saucon to Bethlehem illustrate the metamorphosis from Penn Central to Conrail. Of course, the lead unit is still wearing full PC garb, and the U33B is an early... (more)
7908-7939, blt 1969-71, single controls/std, paper air filter, DynBrake, 2600 gal tank.
The Poughkeepsie Bridge, July 1973. 212 feet above water, and 6768 feet long. Now, it is "...the longest footbridge in the world." A Penn Central-Erie Lackawanna run-through train rolls eastwa... (more)
I saw this engine for the first time back in 1974 on a work train. It had then a quick PC paint job with a small PC logo where the big one is in the picture and on each end under the headlight. It... (more)
Lehighton Bicentennials 3 - After being teased with a sighting of an EL bicentennial in helper service after the sun had dipped below the mountains, I returned to Lehighton the next day. A westbou... (more)
Penn Central F7A #1749, F3B #3466, F7A #1758 and F7A #1804 are all former New York Central units.
Heading toward Cincinnati having just crossed over Linden Avenue road. From my slide collection. Photo by Mark Clark
PC power Potomac yard
Northbound passing through Findlay on exNYC trackage
Two PC GG-1 electrics rush a Flexi-Van mail train (with caboose) northbound just before sunset. Deans is about halfway between Princeton Junction and New Brunswick (Kodachrome X, significant cro... (more)