WW 576 arrives at Dividing Creek and will soon do some switching at a nearby siding. The train is passing a private collection of ALCOs which includes fomer LIRR "power pack" FA2s and a... (more)

KN702 returns to Adams Yard after performing some switching work in both Newark (Hunter) and Elizabeth (Durant Yard). Interestingly, three locomotives are spread throughout the consist as follows... (more)

"Whose Railroad Is It Anyway?"
The months following the Conrail split were certainly interesting. New traffic patterns had yet to develop and there were many extra trains and odd locom... (more)

Conrail on the Corridor: It has been many years since heavy freight traffic has regularly traveled this particular portion of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. One lingering after-effect of Hurr... (more)

A former Rail Cruise America F9PH is being rebuilt by NS for use on office car specials. Here is it seen going for a spin on the turntable in the early morning before being shoved into the shop.

No fewer than nine Union Railroad MP15DCs are seen at Duquesne. A 5-unit set led by URR 21 is stopped on the Port Perry bridge with an empty coke train while a 4-unit set led by URR 19 shoves a c... (more)

"Last 257"
Susquehanna's rebirth in the 1980s was, in part, due to NS and CSX desiring to access the lucrative New York Metropolitan area. For well over a decade NYS&W rails were poli... (more)

Conrail C40-8Ws 6167 and 6166 appear to be making their first trip east after being delivered by GE. Both units show as being built in the prior month, February 1993. The duo is assisted by olde... (more)

A pair of York Railway CF7s run light back to the former MA & PA engine house. The row houses are obviously very close to the track here, but notice that there used to be a siding that was even c... (more)

A look at some of the equipment on hand at the museum, including a former UP E9A 912A painted as "New York Central 4096". The various pieces of New Haven and Pennsylvania Railroad equipment in th... (more)

The other heritage fleet... The D-L has amassed quite a heritage fleet of its own. I suspect there is nowhere else in the world where you can see four ALCO RS3s hauling revenue freight on ... (more)

Conrail CGAL has nearly completed its run from Corning, NY while approaching the interlocking at CP HAM. The train is overtaking CP/D&H train 556 which is led by an NS SD60/C39-8 duo.

A northbound Acela rolls through Edison after yet another snow storm hits New Jersey. One positive side effect of the storm was the large pile of snow deposited at the end of the NJ Transit commu... (more)

Conrail SA-42 is headed south from Oak Island to Browns Yard across NJ Transit's Raritan River Bridge with an ex-EL SD45-2 in the lead.

There was excellent representation of the "Anthracite Roads" today in Scranton as beautifully restored CNJ 1554 idles outside the D-L shops after receiving some maintenance. In the distance, C420... (more)