A pair of former New York Central GP40s working in familiar surroundings lead an eastbound Penn Central piggyback train through Selkirk Yard on a fall afternoon.
Following the Penn Central merger, PC found a new use for some of its 25 ex-PRR RSD-12s by putting them to work as hump power in former NYC territory. A pair of the handsome six-axle Alcos slowly ... (more)
Train time at Paoli, 1975, as the Kansas City-bound "National Limited" slows to a halt. This train, which also served Columbus, Indianapolis, and St. Louis, was discontinued in 1979.
Penn Central GP30 2208 switches the former Reading yard in Rutherford, Pennsylvania. Within a few years, the yard would be closed as part of Conrail’s operational streamlining, and all Harrisbur... (more)