April's Fools Day GG1s. On April 1, 1978, Conrail GG1s 4840 and 4806 bring a freight train westbound through Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Looking at other shots this day (of less interesting to... (more)

When I got into my rent-a-car and starting driving from downtown Cleveland to Collinwood Yard, it had been five and a half years since my previous visit. At that time the deadline was 90% Alco Cen... (more)

Back in the early 1980s when I was at George Washington University, I discovered that on Sundays the parking lot for the GSA building on Virginia Avenue was left open and I could just park there a... (more)

Conrail train 3361, a Saturday only Penn Station to Bay Head run, accelerates south of South Amboy, New Jersey, following swapping its GG1 for a pair of NJDOT E8As.

Still wearing her Saltair colors and even her Saltair number DS-4, Shortline Enterprises S6 #1040 awaits her undetermined fate in Fillmore.

Waiting for the bridge to be replaced and for tourist trains to start again, a Sierra Railroad train of former Fillmore & Western equipment sits at the ready.

Sierra bulldog spotted off leash in Fillmore CA... 2/4/23.

Drove up to Santa Paula, California this past Saturday (2/5/23) to see if there was a clean shot of the Sierra Railway RP20GE (SERA 2666). It was parked next to a tree, so no perfect roster for me... (more)

On the last day of my first tine ever in Chicago (July 16, 1984) my plan was to go to Marshall Field to see if I could talk to the rug and carpet buyer (the business I was in at the time). Failing... (more)

Conrail's Collinwood to Rockport yard transfer passes through the F-unit mecca (at the time) of Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, on December 28, 1978. It is led by three dewormed Penn Central F7(... (more)

Following a Cleveland railfanning extravaganza with my friend and his dad, we headed home via Horseshoe Curve and then a stop at Altoona (shops and yards). The yards were filled with dead power, m... (more)

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)

Conrail HA16 passes Delaware & Hudson NE87 on the west end of Allentown Yard in Allentown Pennsylvania. The day is February 11, 1978 and my dad and I had been railfanning in the gorgeous sun since... (more)

Back on January 25, 2005, I spent a bit of time along the BNSF main in Pico Rivera, California (San Bernardino Sub). The Third Rivera came out of the erstwhile Pico Rivera Yard with a ATSF GP30 an... (more)

Conrail train #3307 on the North Jersey Coast Line (fka the New York & Long Branch) picks up speed south of South Amboy New Jersey in the afternoon of March 30, 1978. The consist included two ratt... (more)