Three recent graduates of the Juniata Locomotives Shop were dropping down the West Slope at Cassandra, PA on March 11, 1995 as an eastbound Trail Van train was climbing upgrade. From what I under... (more)

Conrail SD60M No. 5500 was undergoing servicing at their engine terminal in Selkirk, NY on Sept. 19, 1994.

Among the things that I have always liked about Pennsylvania are the barns. Many of them seem to be ornate and fairly well maintained, unlike some places where they are strictly utilitarian and i... (more)

Eastbound Conrail train PIAL climbs through Galliztin, PA on Jan. 9, 1994 with eight units. On the head end are four GP38-2s, picked up at an outlying point and headed to Altoona for servicing.

The power of an eastbound CR manifest had just made a set off and was going back to couple to its train at Alburtis, PA on Feb. 21, 1993.

Conrail SD60 No. 6861 leads a westbound manifest in the light snow near Alburtis, PA on February 21, 1993.

Storm of the Century. Blizzard warnings went up on Friday March 12, 1993 for most of New York State as a massive storm moved up the entire East Coast. Conrail reacted by preparing plows on Friday ... (more)

A two unit helper set shoves hard on eastbound Conrail manifest DSEN as it climbs through South Fork, PA on June 8, 1991.

The three unit set of Conrail SDs is performing helper duty as a unit coal train was being spotted at a power plant near Ebensburg, PA on June 7, 1991. There were also three SDs on the other end.... (more)

Simple economics dictate that today, things can't be done with the permanence they were done years ago. Witness former PRR cast iron Milepost 160 at Hawstone, PA, taken on Oct. 12, 1989. With th... (more)

It fascinated me to watch Conrail change from a patchwork of paint schemes into a uniform appearance. On Sept. 8, 1984, a westbound Train Van train grinds upgrade past MG Tower. The train is alm... (more)

There is very little doubt where the serious climb up Washington Hill begins in Pittsfield, MA. The first train of the day, on June 11, 1987, was eastbound Conrail TV6X powered by two C30-7As and... (more)

Eastbound Conrail train TV6 was dropping downgrade east of Bancroft, MA on June 13, 1987, led by C32-8 No. 6619.

A westbound Conrail manifest was dropping downgrade on the West Slope, west of Gallitzin, PA, on Sept. 8, 1984 with two SD40-2s.

A westbound Conrail "hospital train" was crossing the Little Juniata River, west of Union Furnace, PA, on Sept. 7, 1984. Behind GP38-2 No. 8064 were eight units, a GP7, an EMD switcher, and six "... (more)