On April 17 of 1977, I was at Princeton Junction, NJ when this coal train (I presume empty, and I presume a coal train) came by making quite a racket. The second unit was an ex Jersey Central SD35... (more)
EAST SAINT LOUIS IL Aug 6 1976 -- Penn Central GP40 3245 awaits an assignment. Upon the Conrail merger it became CR 3245. Corrections and/or additions welcome. My photo.?
Penn Central P-2b no. 4627 is seen in the yard at North White Plains with a seemingly fresh coat of paint. The locomotive was one of 22 P-motors built by ALCO-GE in 1929 and 1930 for the electrifi... (more)
A Penn Central Alco RS3 works the yard at Providence RI as the suns last rays break through the storm clouds near sunset in May 1976
Unusual cargo. I found this loaded 12 axle flatcar on the EJ&E Porter Line in February 1977.
Conrail #8830, weekend commuter service southbound out of Poughkeepsie, NY comes around the curve in Cold Spring, NY with Breakneck Ridge looming behind on May 20, 1978. It's led by two Penn Centr... (more)
Westbound helper set at milepost 241.
Suffering through the last months before I got a driver's license, I traveled by train as much as possible. On this particular day I took Amtrak from my home in New Jersey to my uncle's house in D... (more)
Northbound on the River Division.
January 3, 1982 finds two Penn Central E8As in Elizabethport NJ, possibly being used as parts sources, or just being left to rot. PC 4321 (with multiple worms in love on the nose) and PC 4270, wit... (more)
Switching at East Altoona.
Penn Central 4070 looking kinda rough in Bellevue, Ohio. Built in 1953 as the New York Central 4070 she now sits rotting more or less in Bellevue.
Southbound on the River Division, U25B 2520, U25B, GP35, GP9, GP7 & RS3.
Sitting in the Cresson helper pit.
The diesel side of Penn Central's Meadows engine terminal.