The "boys" and the local citizenry are starting to gather round the just-arrived Pennsy K4 and its train. Excursion passengers were not allowed to ride on the Conrail mainline at that time, so th... (more)

The Delaware-Lackawanna's big Century 636, at the moment of startup, emanating a typical Alco-like burst of thick, black smoke. The 3642 was built in April of 1968 as the Penn Central No. 6342.

Two E-44s led by the 1961-built No. 4418 are southbound with a manifest freight on No. 4 track, which was usually used by passenger trains. Daytime freights were fairly frequent here in the late ... (more)

A rare visitor on the old Reading Lines in the Lebanon Valley in 2014- Soo Line No. 6044 on the Allentown-Atlanta run. It's a typical Monday evening short consist.

Ex-PRR/PC GP9 No. 7241 (Built 1959) is on the point of a 4-unit lash-up in the early days of Conrail. The train is eastbound, and will shortly encounter Port Interlocking, where trains could eith... (more)

This odd coupling of a GE B30-7 and 2-8-4 No. 2716 has begun to draw a crowd as adjustments are being made to the big Berkshire. The occasion was a DC Chapter NRHS round trip from Alexandria to C... (more)

The westbound Broadway Limited is thundering past the Conrail local waiting in the M&M Mars siding. GP10 No. 7558 was originally built by EMD as a GP9 (PRR 7038) in November of 1955. It was later... (more)

A bit unusual to see regular NS local freight power in Strasburg, but the 5657 and 5655 have come up from Leaman Place Junction and are pulling into the yard siding to wait for the 4:00 p.m. train... (more)

Northbound quad-headlight equipped No. 973 is running light and running fast, perhaps on its way to the Wilmington Shops. The 973 was built by GE in January, 1976 and was definitely in need of a ... (more)

Conrail SD35 No. 6040 was built by EMD in May, 1965 as the Central Railroad of New Jersey's No. 2501; one of twelve units (2501-2512) on that road's roster. This view is from the trackside park a... (more)

Conrail's sixty B36-7s, Nos. 5000-5059, were purchased in 1983 and were often used for high-speed intermodal service as seen here in the fall of 1987.

Only 25 "POOCHes" were built by GE and all were scrapped, but here's two in their heyday heading up a 1978 Lancaster Chapter NRHS fall foliage excursion, westbound at Kittanning Point.

No. 4934 languishes today in the woods at Cooperstown Junction, NY, but here it is in action as seen through a 28mm wide-angle lens at the old Bel Air Avenue grade crossing. This scene is dominat... (more)

There were still four tracks up the mountain in 1978 when this 1964-built ex-PRR SD35 was leading three other EMDs west of Horseshoe Curve. No. 2 track was removed in the 1980s.

Two westbound E-44s with a sister dead-in-tow are climbing the short, sharp grade from the Port Road to the Enola Branch. It's almost startling to see the graffiti-free boxcars of 40 years ago. ... (more)