Mountain Monsters: As an Alco fan, few things compare to hunting the big Centuries. Alas, they are far rarer these days than they have ever been. The one place where you know you will encou... (more)

Better Than 194 Steps. The World Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pennsylvania is a busy thoroughfare for both Norfolk Southern and Amtrak. Home to a park in the middle of the curve that ... (more)

“Mud on the Tarz”
EBT 2-ton freight truck No. 4, a 1953 Chevrolet 6400, poses in front of the turntable at the Rockhill Furnace shop complex during East Broad Top’s 60^th... (more)

PA and PA in PA: An N-scale NKP PA poses next to the real thing at Steamtown.

Strasburg Rail Road 89 arrives back in East Strasburg with the third train of the day on a cloudy February afternoon.

Reading & Northern T-1 #2102 is full throttle and working hard as she charges into Nesquehoning. The sound was simply deafening.

Strasburg Rail Road 89 works up the grade with its passenger train as it approaches Carpenters.

Strasburg Rail Road 89 approaches Cherry Hill with its passenger train on a cloudy February afternoon.

“Scare Stripes”
A week after the resumption of passenger service to/from Jim Thorpe, freshly repainted RBMN 2013 leads a Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway “bike train” (Jim Thorpe to W... (more)

Heading east, and upgrade, is a Norfolk Southern Railway manifest, with Dash 9-44CW 9932 and SD70ACe 2708 up front. Assisting this train over the mountain are NS SD40-2s 3362 and 3348. (Altoona,... (more)

This Is 30. For Railfan & Railroad Magazine Editor Steve Barry's 30th and final sold out Wilmington NRHS/SEPTA Superbowl Saturday Trip, they came from New York and Virginia. They came from ... (more)

PRR K4s No. 1361 is halted on the old Bald Eagle Branch during a Horseshoe Curve Chapter NRHS round-trip excursion from Vail, PA (near Tyrone) to Bellefonte, PA. No. 1361 was built by the Juniata... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road 89 arrives at Groff's Grove with its first passenger train of the day.

Flatback Electric. When the Pennsylvania Railroad was seeking to replace its P5a electric freight motor fleet, they looked at a number of options. The order for 66 of the General Electric E... (more)

East Broad Top 16 rolls across the Long Fill on a hot and sunny August afternoon.