You could always tell when C&O 614 had been working a heavy train on a grade. The smokebox would be as shiny and as black as it was when it started the trip. From the drivers back, the engine woul... (more)

The Erie-Lackawanna acquired a large number of new hoppers in the early- to mid-1970’s, and a lot lasted intact well into Conrail’s existence. Here a car built in April, 1974 rolls through Rea... (more)

Five Susquehanna Alco Centuries come to life when the engineer opens the throttle at Deposit, New York. He has to get them moving quickly to have some momentum when they hit the Gulf Summit grade,... (more)

The power of a southbound Delaware & Hudson train, detoured by the Belden Hill tunnel expansion project has arrived at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, and has run around its train. A “puller job” has... (more)

One of the largely unseen aspects of the consolidation/separation of Ottawa and Montreal sections of trains to/from Toronto was the turning of the power that arrived from Ottawa on the CP branch f... (more)

Keep it Moving with Conrail

That’s the slogan added to the long hood of Conrail B23-7 1980, seen here putting its money where its mouth is. The GE with one-of-a-kind paint is lea... (more)

In 1984, Andy Muller, owner of the fledgling Blue Mountain and Reading, purchased a wholesale lot (certainly upwards of 20) CF7’s from the Santa Fe, with at least one GP7u thrown in for good mea... (more)

Front Porch View

Some residents in Montgomery, West Virginia come to their porch to watch Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 and its tool cars roll past. I believe that the crew dropped t... (more)

Delaware & Hudson train PYRP (Potomac Yard – Rouses Point) parallels the Lehigh River through the Lehigh Narrows between Packerton and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Under operation by the Susquehann... (more)

Conrail’s E33 electrics looked great in the schemes that they wore for former owners Virginian and New Haven. Penn Central – not so much. Several of them did get a cosmetic upgrade during thei... (more)

A Southern Railway U30B provides visual evidence of its movement as it switches cars in the yard at Monroe, Virginia.

Eastbound Susquehanna Sea-Land stack train NTV-4 skirts the Delaware River at Coshecton, New York. While many find it hard to believe that trains like this once roamed the Southern Tier, I am amaz... (more)

For about two years, New Jersey Transit leased this F7 from the CNW. The unit began life as CNW 4100A, later renumbered to 425. After being returned from NJT, the 425 was overhauled and renumbered... (more)

What has to be the oldest piece of equipment on Conrail’s roster stands within the Reading shop complex. Ninety two years old at the time of this 1983 photo, this scale test car was built by the... (more)

Central Railroad of New Jersey SD35 2507 idles on one of the turntable tracks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is possibly the first and only return to Bethlehem Engine Terminal for the 1965 EMD s... (more)