PNLX 7436 staged in the SVRR yard in Staunton for a night photo session. Photo taken with permission.

Freshly painted SD60I PSUA 2020 sits outside in Hollidaysburg awaiting pickup by Norfolk Southern Local HI10, the Altoona-based local that serves the Cove Secondary. This locomotive, owned by Penn... (more)

Welcome Home PSU 2020, Penn State's demonstrator SD60I arrives at its new home, the Railroaders Museum in downtown Altoona. This locomotive was donated to the university by Norfolk Souther... (more)

D&GV GP 9 wearing B&O colors sits in the foreground next to Shenandoah Valley GP 9 and a C&O snow plow which was last assigned to Quinnimont WV. Lots of heritage in this picture. Picture taken w... (more)

The Hudson Line OCS Preview. On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, MTA Metro-North Railroad operated an Inspection Train with wrapped heritage units MNCW 201 (Conrail/MTA) and 208 ("Beachball... (more)

One of VIA Rail's more recently delivered Siemens trainset is on VIA 35 as it passes the skyline of downtown Montreal.

A sucker hole in the clouds from a recent rain shower comes at the right time as CSX M204 heads north towards Seymour before turning east for Cincinnati. The Chessie heritage unit brings up the ba... (more)

Intermodal switchers at Alliance yard.

Rare as hen's teeth, even in 1982, this unit is a little gem, somebody's bet and historical, having been a switcher at the builder's plant many years ago. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collecion. ... (more)

CSX's Operation Lifesaver SD70MACe idles in front of the Waycross depot before later departing as the leader for M692-02 bound for Russel, KY

The paint looks prettier but these replaced my beloved FM H-12-44s. I only had two months left there myself.

CSX's specially painted Operation Lifesaver SD70MAC leads a combined I008/I010 past the old Ridgefield Park Station as it nears its final destination of North Bergen.

The trinity of what became the Chessie System sits idle in the SVRR (Shenandoah Valley Railroad) yard on a comfortable summer night in Staunton, Va. To left you have the DGVR 6512 in B&O sitting i... (more)

Harlem Farming. On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, MTA Metro-North Railroad operated an Inspection Train with recently wrapped heritage units MNCW 201 (Conrail/MTA) and 208 ("Beachball&quo... (more)

A perfectly matched A-B-A set of NYC lightning stripes FA's, hustled westbound on track 3 with a coal train at Lyons, N.Y. on October 17, 1956. Photo by David R. Connor, from my collection. ... (more)