#447 is readied at Camden Terminal. PRR Class L1s.

#13 was an early morning mail train out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. At Harrisburg, these Baldwin beasts were assigned the run to Pittsburgh. The "T" in the model design... (more)

The company the photographer held an assembly-line job with went on strike for a 25-cent raise in September 1951. That was all the temptation he needed to climb aboard PRR train #13, an overnight... (more)

Another of [Roundhouse Foreman] Mr. Dale Cherry's engines is working PRR Camden Yard, one of the last PRR steam assignments. Note the fresh MILW reefer behind, just out of the Milwaukee shops. T... (more)

Heavy-hauler #4311 moves down the service lead as switches are lined in advance. PRR Class I1sa.

K4s running in reverse to the Meadows Engine Terminal after dropping either the Broker or the Banker at the Harborside Terminal at the Hudson River. This was the terminal for the Hudson & Manhatta... (more)

Shark spotting at Harrisburg.. These units powered our overnight train from Pittsburgh, PA. My friend who was traveling with me was the late Jim Kelly, who took this photo with my camera. The po... (more)

Another of the Blue Ribbon Fleet is ready to roll at Harrisburg but note that the engineer is looking at me, a teenaged picture-taker, standing out on the platform. PRR class EP22

By September 1957, the sharks largely replaced the K4's on the NY&LB, seen here highballing South Amboy at sunset after the swap out with the GG1. PRR Class BP40.

Double your pleasure, double your fun. The GG1 has been swapped out and a pair of K4's take this outbound train the remainder of the way.

Time on the high iron is almost up for this pair of 2-8-0's, #3583 and sister #559 at the west throat of Thorndale, halfway between Philly and Lancaster. These locos were used as helpers to assist... (more)

I think I can! I think I can! It's getting to be twilight time for finding any steam on the PRR at this juncture, but lo a spirited #685 blasts past one of those damn diesels at Camden. PRR Class... (more)

It's late April, the sun is getting higher in the sky, and K4s #3858 has a commuter train in tow, making a mid-day outbound stop at Asbury Park.

A pair of engines wait in the helper pit at Altoona. The F3a is a PRR Class EF15 and the close unit is a Baldwin Passenger Shark BP20 Number 5777, with a BLW designation DR-12-8-3000.

The PRR St. Clair Ave. roundhouse was like railfan Disneyland in the mid '50's. Steam, exotic diesels, even imported Santa Fe 2-10-4's, and the fuel tanks they required since they were oil burner... (more)