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)

The weekday afternoon train to Chatham sets out from "North White" on a murky August day.

Among the last of their kind anywhere, a worn but still handsome A-B-B-A set of renumbered former New Haven Alco FAs and FBs approaches the junction at Readville, MA, on Penn Central train BL-1, ... (more)

This Penn Central train was basically the pre-Amtrak ancestor of the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. NYC/PC trains 427 and 428 operated between Boston and Albany, connecting at the latte... (more)

Former New Haven "washboard" MU's kick up the powder as they head towards Grand Central Terminal.

Engine change at South Amboy; 4872 is pulling away from the train after pulling it from Penn Station in New York City. A pair of EMD E units will power PC 1159 from here south.

Conductor conferring with the engineer prior to departing for points along the Jersey Shore

In its Penn Central days, one of the unique ex-New Haven Roger Williams RDC cab units departs Boston's South Station on an evening commuter run, mated with a standard RDC.

The tenth day of Conrail’s existence finds a meet near JU tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A 30-car local train in the charge of two Lehigh Valley RS11’s waits to proceed east, while a 58-car... (more)

Penn Central's U33Cs were the first locomotives to be delivered from the factory in PC black, ordered by the PRR but arriving during PC's first month. On a winter afternoon, one-year-old 6553 and ... (more)

Six-axle Alcos weren't especially common on Penn Central's former Boston & Albany line, but they did show up on occasion. Century 628 6304 paired with C630 6328 at Beacon Park in Boston on a sprin... (more)

Penn Central's black dip paint scheme is generally not remembered with fondness, but lots of classic locomotives wore it. Minimally decorated Century 630 6328, an ex-PRR unit, visited Boston in Ap... (more)

An Amtrak Empire Service train appears out of the cut alongside the Harlem River at Spuyten Duyvil behind an FL9 still in Penn Central paint.

PC labeled Jersey Arrow II MU's operated by NJDoT make a station stop on #2 main track as MoW has #1 out of service for trackwork in this weekend view.

Penn Central GG1’s 4850 and 4844, still carrying their PRR single-stripe scheme, wait for their next assignment at Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey. Pavonia was the major yard of the Pennsylv... (more)