By the 80's the big century style MLW CC's were demoted to work train service. However, they still pulled trains with an air of arrogance as if they were still high iron behemoths. This shot clear... (more)

My red VW wagon and my friend's black lab seem to be accompanying this Amtrak Southbound. Photo was taken in a place I would not dare stand in this day and age

On my way to catch my the morning Penn Central train to Boston I spotted two generations of Soo Line box cars. The rails they were sitting on were coverd with snow so it looked they had been there... (more)

The Railway Post Office Car (RPO) was still in wide use in the 60's. These RPO's one or more per train would be assigned to varnish or special mail trains and was the high speed mail link for many... (more)

In the early days of the Pen Central the ALCO's still looked good and the Lowell freight still operated on the old New Haven line to Lowell

And, a GP 9 will lead them. Almost the last years of first genration power on mainline freights and I was there. What handome line of units Geep and RS 3s.

The GP35 was essentially a baby GP40. It was a little shorter and had fewer horses under the hood. It was kind of the transition loco between the GP30's and the GP40's. The B&O had many of them bu... (more)

This unit had a new paint job with a very deep Navy Blue much darker then standard B&O insignia blue. I thought at the time this was new B&O standard. However, it was the only unit I ever saw in t... (more)

The Pelican makes final stop at Bristol after an overnight trip from New York that began on the Penn Central, then ran on a portion of Southern Railway. If this train continued on to New Orleans i... (more)

Norfolk and Western 156 was a former Virginian Trainmaster that worked out of Mullens, WV along with sisters for the remainder of their existence. These units had many unusual features such as exp... (more)

These M420R’s rested on trade in unit trucks and were the symbol of the new P&W. The pride of the fleet until EMD's and GE's showed up eventually shoving them out to pasture. To me, this locomot... (more)

The helper has just cut off the rear and the engineer is ready to throttle down the units. We are at the top of the grade, from this point east it is mostly down hill to Springfield.

Number 175 The Patriot passing Mansfield tower the day after an unexpected nor'easter dumped a little snow.

CNJ runs a large engine roundhouse and service facility at the midpoint on the Allentown LV/RDG/CNJ yard. In this shot two CNJ switchers frame a Reading Century 630 and two CNJ RSD-3s. CNJ 1011 an... (more)