After the Conrail consolidation, Lehigh Valley’s EMD switchers generally stayed in along the ex-LV lines until they were retired. Five months into Conrail, five dynamic brake equipped SW8’s pa... (more)

The Juniata Valley Railroad is seen switching out cars along Industrial Park Road.

Laying over for the weekend at Darby Creek.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local picks up two loads from the loader at McWilliams, Pennsylvania. One crewman waits to re-bend the iron while two others are ready to make the hitch.

Reflections on a Silt Pond

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local passes a silt pond near the loader at Markle, Pennsylvania. The green water in the pond still provides a reasona... (more)

With a trainload of coal from various lineside mines, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookeville local returns to Brookville on a February afternoon. Four P&S SW9’s lead the train onto the massive tres... (more)

L&S SW9 1201 heads south through Wilkes-Barre on the way to the NS interchange at Buttonwood. As of today, August 9 2020, it was announced that RJ Corman would be purchasing the L&S. Further more,... (more)

On my railfan roadtrip to Pennsylvania I made a point to check out this little railroad in Lewistown, PA. Driving along Roundhouse Rd I was shocked to see a highballing NS intermodal train pass by... (more)

ADMX SW9 #9012 stands by at ADM in Clymers, IN for the next empty grain train to show up. This SW9 was built as GTW 7012 in 1952.

Conrad Yelvington's SW9 works the CSX Kaley Yard near downtown Orlando. Though one of the more obscure facets of Florida railfanning, Conrad Yelvington's locations throughout the state offer a var... (more)

CHS 2117 heads light into the elevator in Superior.

A pair of IHB switchers leads a 4-car officer special eastbound through Dolton with the WC's Sierra Hotel bringing up the rear. Tom Golden photo.

In the early 1980s the Amherst Railway Society sponsored the repainting of Boston & Maine SW9 1223 into its original brown and yellow scheme. Here the sharp-looking switcher was working the East F... (more)

The Milford-Bennington Railroad has a stretch of uneven track looking quite precarious as it leaves Milford (Granite State Concrete) and heads to the quarry in Wilton. The locomotive here is pushi... (more)