With three GP40/GP40-2’s and three B36-7’s for power, a westbound Conrail TV train climbs eastern slope at the brickyard west of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The helpers on a westbound Conrail train of empty hoppers, an SD40 and an SD45-2, pass the brickyard west of Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Over a year into Conrail’s existence, an unpatched set of Penn Central power rolls by Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Passing under the signal bridge by Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a Penn Central SD9 and a former Lehigh Valley RS11 return to Conrail’s Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

Conrail power has dropped its train in Allentown yard and is now threading its way through crossovers near Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. After clearing the interlocking, the GP30/U36C/SD... (more)

Just over a year before this photo, a Reading GP30 leading a train across the Lehigh River at Allentown, Pennsylvania was a common sight. With the advent of Conrail, Reading’s green and yellow h... (more)

Waiting for the next big snowfall, a pair of Canadian Pacific plows are on a siding in Smiths Falls, Ontario. One is in its Canadian Pacific livery, while the other has been updated with CP Rail m... (more)

A Canadian Pacific S2 rides the turntable at Smiths Falls, Ontario.

The power lineup at Canadian Pacific’s engine facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario includes two SD40’s, an M636, an RS18, and an RS23.

Ontario was a good place to see MLW road power on CP Rail in the 1980’s. Here two M636’s, an RS18, and an SD40 are at the servicing facilities at Agincourt Yard outside of Toronto.

Amtrak’s Midnight Blue 50th Anniversary unit has been on the Pennsylvanian recently. Here Train 43 passes the ball field at Salunga Park in Salunga, Pennsylvania on January 22, 2022.

With the temperature right at the freezing mark and a anow squall just starting to fill the air with flakes, Strasburg’s 4-8-0 475 brings the last train of the day through Carpenters.

A Chicago & North Western train of empty ore cars is depart Escanaba, Michigan. The only thing missing is a crew.

Two Centuries Shy of a Millennium

Eight of Chicago & North Western's thirty ex-Norfolk & Western C628’s congregate at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.

With the ore unloading house prominently in the background, two Chicago & North Western C628’s idle on the wye at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.