A helper set was providing a bit of retardation on an eastbound unit grain train as it dropped downgrade through Benny Interlocking in Bennington, PA on Jan. 12, 1975. Looking back, the practice ... (more)

A snowstorm had just begun as a brace of six 4-axle EMDs eased a heavy unit grain train down the East Slope at Benny Interlocking in Bennington, PA on Jan. 12, 1975.

Boston bound Commute, The newly repainted equipment and upscale Boston suburb suggest an optimism for PC' s future, which was not shared in the executive offices in Philadelphia.

PC 2028 awaits servicing at Dewitt in this photo by the late Bill Dechau.

PC was mired in red ink almost from the start and the huge fleet of motive power from just about every builder that ever assembled a locomotive probably did little to help the situation. Power tha... (more)

Former Pennsylvania GG1 4931 leads a southbound SCL Florida train just a few months after the PC merger. The substantial Nassau tower was built in 1944.

A grimy PC GP30 sits at Morrisville. Slide has been in my collection, it has no photographer information on it.

Who says Penn Central wasn't colorful? Actually, this herald variation was quite rare. A post elsewhere states that only 17 units got this. Reportedly, the New York Central "green team" felt that ... (more)

A southbound Flexi-van train pauses at the Albany-Rensselaer passenger station.

A southbound Amtrak train pauses at the Poughkeepsie passenger station. (For a color version, click the flickr link on my profile page.)

Snow squalls obscure the distant hills as a U30B leads a westbound manifest downgrade through a wetland area near Hinsdale, Massachusetts.

A westbound PC manifest reaches the summit of Washington Hill on a snowy New Year's Eve.

In Stanley Yard Toledo PC 6306 has done what her tri-mount trucks were known for, picking of switches on uneven trackage. En route to get their train this all Alco engine consist has tied up the... (more)

Penn Central BX29 power is waiting for a signal at the junction with the Middleboro Secondary. The engineer and brakeman seem to be talking to each other through the open cab windows. There must ... (more)