CR 0, now the property of NS, toils almost unnoticed at the wheel shop at Enola, PA. Built by Conrail out of an old EMD traction motor and truck, it serves to move units back and forth on the whee... (more)
You can’t tell by the freight cars showing in this photo but this train is PXSE, Perishable eXpress to Selkirk. This train originated in North Platte and would forward large blocks of UP and SP ... (more)
The BT Turn is working the Susquehanna's Passaic Junction Yard. Call letters for this location are PD, and it is where the two one-time Erie Railroad subsidiaries, the Bergen County Railroad and ... (more)
Conrail #4020 charges through the fresh snow with an "Office Car Special". It was tough chasing the train on the snow covered roads !
This wreck occurred sometime in the 1980s.
Conrail freight from Saucon Yard, is seen crossing W. 3rd Street, just after the sun went away. We are looking east on the former RDG's Bethlehem Branch. Much of W. 3rd Street has since been ra... (more)
On a good day for the block operator - in this case Jim Largent - everything comes together and the conductor or engineer grab their Form D movement authority on the fly. Just past the moment of ... (more)
The former Rock Island Silvis Shops are alive and well today, now operated by NRE. Long lines of dead engines awaiting their fate rest on the only RI trackage left of the once mighty Silvis (Kell... (more)
Selkirk, the way I remember it. Nostalgic variety of Big Blue (and some NS Black). A GE B23-7 #1970, a C30-7A #6571, and a few EMD's #6738 an SD50 and #6940 an SD38! Add a yard slug and two NS e... (more)
Wrecked Ballast Express unit waits to be repaired at Altoona.
First GG 1 lays over between runs at Meadows Yard
Conrail 6048 "Flames it up" as she throttles up to continue west at East Conway
Now that's a near hit! Crew was within feet of disaster. Spring thaw along the River Line.
A westbound freight emerges from the tunnel at Gallitzin