It's not the Fourth of July, but this old Alco is doing a good impression of a sparkler as it works the waterfront trackage along Atlantic Avenue in Boston. Penn Central S2 9859 is obviously of Ne... (more)
The operator at Penn Central's Mansfield (MA) tower is no doubt recording on his train sheet the passage of this Boston-Providence commuter train headed up by an ex-PRR E8. The wooden tower of New... (more)
The evening rush hour is over, so a single RDC is adequate for the off-peak passengers on Penn Central's ex-New Haven Needham branch. The operator at Needham Junction has cleared the order board f... (more)
The era of traditional mail and express trains was winding down in 1968, but some healthy-looking ones still ran in Penn Central territory. New York Central E8s 4041-4051 led Boston-bound mail tra... (more)