Westbound Lakeshore Convergence (3)

After the combined westbound Lakeshore, VIA Rail Trains 53 and 43, Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: MLW FPA4
Location: Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6770
Train ID: VIA 44/54
Photo Date: July 28, 1980

Utah Railway F45 6606 stands in the road’s yard in Martin, Utah. It appears to have a severe case of runny paint, or more likely, has blown oil all over its roof.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 is backing its consist for to wye the train at Laramie, Wyoming as an eastbound freight barrels through town. The lead SD40-2’s carry the slogans, “Fuel Conserva... (more)

Together Again for the First Time

Former Reading GP35 3626 has undoubtedly visited the engine terminal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania many times, and Lehjgh Valley RS11 7643 is a long-... (more)

The First Amtrak California Zephyr?

Well, almost. When the Western Pacific received permission to discontinue its portion of the original CZ, the Chicago – Oakland ... (more)

Late afternoon in Elmira, New York finds Conrail train CGAL (Corning, NY - Allentown, PA) approaching the Chemung River on elevated trackage on the Southern Tier line. The Elmira Transportation Ce... (more)

Contraction and Expansion

When the Susquehanna lost its western connection Lehigh & New England in 1961, the road suffered a forced retrenchment from Hainesburg, New Jersey to the ... (more)

With a Conrail or Delaware & Hudson train sitting of the former Lackawanna main, an eastbound Susquehanna train waits for access to its yard in Binghamton, New York. Beside the Susquehanna-only C4... (more)

Stacks capped, this former New York Central NW2 has probably run its last. Shown standing in the Altoona yard, it is coupled to an unusual patched ex-Reading fifty foot boxcar. Generally, patched ... (more)

Most of Conrail’s big Alcos never saw that paint shop for a coat of blue paint. Most of its ex-PC SD40-2’s were quickly transformed to its new corporate image. Here a C636 and a C630 working ... (more)

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

After dropping the fires on its fleet of 2-8-0's in 1962, the Lake Superior and Ishpeming sold three of them to the Marquette & Huron Mountain tourist operation in 1963. Ultimately the M&HM failed... (more)

Dusk on the Moon

In his book Never on Wednesday, photographer Mel Patrick called this area of the Utah desert a “moonscape”, and I can’t imagine anywhere on earth that... (more)

A pair of Lehigh Valley Alco road switchers work the small yard that has served as the interchange yard between three railroads for years, but now serves only two. Until a few weeks ago, this woul... (more)

Two unlikely partners await their fate as a building (judging by the smokestack, the powerhouse) from the Reading shops is demolished in the background. They're there to supply parts for the Anthr... (more)