Loco 734 is prepared for the following days work on a wet and gloomy evening.
After a bilzzard, push-pulls were used on the Port Washington Branch until the 3rd rail was cleared by the train on the left. That's the track foreman standing in the picture while his crew sweeps... (more)
The face of railroading. A crewman walks CN 3254 up to the switch just outside of the roundhouse.
The fireman of #90 glances back on his train as the former Great Western Decapod leads the eastbound train away from Cherry Hil on a wet morning in Pennsylvania Amish Country.
NS president Wick Moorman dedicateing the recently repainted FP7 number 6133.
Conductor Todd watches #40 reverse over the Little Italy Trestle for the third and final run-by at Little Italy. A special thanks goes out to him and all the NHIR crew for putting on this spectacu... (more)
Waterfront reight traffic along the Mississippi.
Late afternoon inside the Strasburg enginehouse.
A 1930's era pickup truck and train crew check over the schedule before departing on the Sunset-Moonlight Special. At only 17 years old, the Susquehanna 142 fits perfectly in this picture.
After the second run to Ivyland, the engineer watches out of the cab of #40 for the sign to notch up the throttle for the run-by.
While waiting for NHIR 2198 to back up, I shot it with this rail made in 1905, exactly 100 years earlier. New Hope's 2-8-0 #40 was built 20 years after by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
A uniformed conductor flags the busy route 220 crossing.
Greasin' her up
Working on the running gear.
The lost art of "hoopin 'em up".
