Four Southern GP38-2’s and a GP38 wheel a southbound TOFC train through Catlett, Virginia.

For the Birds

The birds perched on the ledges of downtown buildings in Orange, Virginia have decided that three Southern SD40-2’s roaring through town with a northbound train co... (more)

Three of Southern’s four remaining FP7’s slow to a stop for a photo runby under the well-known wooden bridge at Gilbert, Virginia. The train is on the southbound leg of an Alexandria – Charl... (more)

A few miles north of Charlottesville, Virginia, a southbound Southern hotshot approaches the bridge over the Rivanna River.

A Reading C424 hovers in the greasy, oily gunk that was the foundation of the Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Terminal. The Reading C424’s were among the early-production versions that had the radia... (more)

A Reading GP35 and a Penn Central GP30 run light near Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

A Reading Company trainman checks his waybills as his power passes through Saucon Yard in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Soon he will be on his way west toward Reading.

The addition of N&W 1218 to the NS steam roster created several changes to the annual two-week excursion schedule in northern Virginia. Usually four Alexandria – Charlottesville round trips were... (more)

After coming from Roanoke on a ferry move, Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 eases off of the N&W wye in Lynchburg, Virginia, and proceeds down the connector to the Southern main line and the excursi... (more)

The locals have shown up to see the steam engine, but all eyes seem to be on the diesels while the fire-breathing monster simmers behind them. I’m not sure of the exact sequence here, but the 12... (more)

New York area commuter service to the Jersey shore on the former New York & Long Branch was one of the last strongholds of E units. Here a Penn Central E8A stands near the engine house lead in Sou... (more)

Susquehanna train NTV-9 is within view of the crest of the grade as it grinds through Gulf Summit, New York.

The crest of the grade on the Southern Tier line is evident in this view of eastbound Susquehanna train NTV-4 at Gulf Summit, New York. The sun has set on a short winter day, leaving this as the l... (more)

Four-month-old B40-8 4002 leads westbound Susquehanna Sea-Land stack train NTV-9 out of Deposit, New York. A Motive Power Leasing F45 and a Susquehanna SD45 are pitching in with some tractive effo... (more)

Westbound Susquehanna Sea-Land stack train NTV-9 gets a start on the Gulf Summit grade just west of Deposit, New York. The NYS&W has assigned three C430’s a C420, and a CF7 to the train, but the... (more)