PRR5865 and leader 5878 are refueled at Renovo. There were no fuel tanks, only a coaling tower, so a contractor was called in to refuel Buffalo-Harrisburg trains. To view a companion shot of the... (more)

Delivered in 1947, the class F3A 9500 is readied for service. Thanks to J.M. Frybourg for P/S assistance. PRR Class EF30.

When PRR returned these engines to the Reading in '57 they were much worse for the wear thanks to poor coal and virtually no maintenence during their stint on the Standard Railroad of the World. ... (more)

A mix of steam and diesel can be found at Renovo in this 1956 scene. Founded during the Civil War when the tracks were put down, Renovo's population neared 4,000 in 1920 after the railroad came t... (more)

It was cheaper for the PRR to lease servicable steam, such as these Reading T-1s, rather than perform expensive class repairs (essentially rebuilds) on their own steamers destined to the scrap hea... (more)

F3-A 9501 is already almost 10 years old when this photo was taken in the Renovo pit and she's starting to show some wear. PRR Class EF15.

The reason John is in Renovo soon becomes apparent, as 2 months earlier a power short Pennsy leased nine of these 10-year-old Northerns from the Reading for work in places like the non-cab signall... (more)

Step into the Dziobko PRR-in-color time machine to 1956 as we crack open a box of closeted kodachromes taken at the Pennsy facility at Renovo. Here's photo #1..a hungry shark waiting for work on ... (more)

All is quiet on the Buffalo Line this fine spring afternoon as a pair of NS locomotives sit off in the distance and a PRR-era dwarf signal protects the rails at Drury. The only movement in the few... (more)

I don't think there's one of us here who can honestly say that we're not kids inside, and now and again, not mesmerized all the same.

After turning at Keating the Flaming Foliage Express sits unnoticed by many in Renovo as a parade moves by down Erie Ave.

After dropping some passengers off, the "Flaming Foliage Express" heads north to Keating to get wyed leaving the town of Renovo behind.

Power for NS 622 eases it way along the throng of people, including a whole trainload who traveled from Harrisburg, that have just viewed Renovo's 2003 Flaming Foliage Festival Parade.

NS 9392 leads train 12W through what remains of the ex-PRR Renovo Yard the summer before the demise of through trains on the Buffalo Line.

Harrisburg Chapter NRHS Flaming Fall Foliage Express prepares to depart Renovo for the trip to Keating to turn the train. The former PRR shops loom in the background.