On an April day long ago Conrail was just a budding entity, the prospects of which did not seem much more favorable than its predecessor lines. Traffic was always healthy out on the old Middle Di... (more)

Symbol freight PR-4 for Philadelphia comes booming down the valley through Lewistown Narrows on a summer afternoon. EMD, GE and Alco four and six axle power was prevalent at this time. That Centur... (more)

It's a cloudy morning in Mifflin, PA as a 125 car westbound accelerates out of the restricted curve nearby. Many bygone elements in this scene from the unique mission style depot and PRR paint job... (more)

A pair of GP9s lead a string of jenny hoppers through the curves east of Mifflin on a June morning. Note that No.4 track (westward passenger) is eased into the alignment of former No.3 track to re... (more)

Rolling out of yesterday, PRR FP-7 9835 leads F-3 9547B and F-7 9787 through the big curve east of Mifflin, PA (approx. MP 153) just after 6am. Seeing an A-B-A set of Fs at this time was becoming ... (more)

Along the former four-track mainline, relegated to two main tracks since the mid-eighties, an eastbound coal train glides down the river grade. The Pennsylvania Railroad's J. Edgar Thompson built ... (more)

A pair of GEs lead an empty coal train through Belvidere, NE in the late afternoon. The Marysville Sub essentially connects Kansas City with the east-west mainline at Gibbon, NE and, although lack... (more)

Conrail's Track Geometry Train and its assigned unit, B23-7 No. 1933, roll past MG - an open office on this date - during a substantial late April snowstorm.

The standard helper set of the era, a pair of SD40-2s, shove a westbound manifest past the block station (as Pennsy referred to its towers) at MG on an April day that yielded quite a snowstorm. ... (more)

An overcast autumn afternoon on the mountain is embellished with a respectable run of traffic, as usual. This time a westbound has pipe loads on the head-end as it snarls beneath the 2426 signal b... (more)

NS 9275 East is crossing the Juniata River on an autumn morning. The classic stone bridge is one of a number of aesthetically pleasing structures prevalent along former PRR routes. It was construc... (more)

A post-merger power consist still predominantly flying the Santa Fe flag brings a westbound across the Kansas City Terminal/UP (former MP) diamond at Sheffield interlocking in days before a flyove... (more)

Bethlehem to Conway symbol BEPI growls up the grade past MG interlocking on a November afternoon with its typical head-end consist of truck frame traffic out of Reading, PA. A pair of SD40-2 helpe... (more)

Autumn colors are evident in the higher elevations this early October afternoon as a pair of GEs assist a coal train descending the grade to Altoona. The vacant roadbed is that of former eastward ... (more)

Former PRR SD40 6055 now in CR blue leads another helper unit in tandem with the SD50/SD60 road power on a westbound manifest working its way upgrade past the MP242.6/242.7 signal bridge between H... (more)