Saturday, March 6, 1976 dawned overcast, but with only a month left before Conrail, my father and I would not be deterred for spending the entire day on the Lehigh Valley. We were rewarded with t... (more)

This is one of my father's earliest pictures in Denver. PA-1 6003 leads a PB-1 on a passenger train at Denver Union Station circa 1960. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

The Lehigh Valley repainted caboose 95085 into a Bicentennial scheme and renumbered it 1776. On January 9, 1976, the Winter sun glints off caboose 1776 as it brings up the rear of NE-1 at the loc... (more)

Here's another one of my father's pictures from Pinole. SD24 4541 - RSD15 9827 - GP30 32XX lead a Santa Fe train into the early morning sun circa 1969/1970. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

Southern E8(a)s 6900-6914-6904 depart Peachtree Station in Atlanta, Georgia with Southern #1, the Southern Crescent circa 1970/1971. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

In the 1960s, my father sought out Santa Fe and Southern Pacific PAs whenever he was in California. Here, Southern Pacific #102, the eastbound City of San Francisco, is led by four PAs soon after... (more)

When my father went on business trips to San Jose in the late 1970s, the Western Pacific F7s were a favorite target. On this day he didn't get an F7 on the lead, but GP40 3501 - GP20 2008 - F7(a)... (more)

LV C628 641 appears to have gotten a head start on a Conrail patch job on August 31, 1975 at Coxton Yard, where it waits for a trip to the Sayre shops. Despite what appears to be a pretty serious... (more)

Illinois Central E8 4028 leads an A-B-A set on a passenger train departing Central Station in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

The Lehigh Valley painted one side of this box car with a map of the railroad. It was resident at South Plainfield for a number of years. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

A Maine Central freight, led by F3(a) 684 - GP7 561 - GP7 565 - GP7 566 - F3(a) 683, climbs up the grade on the Mountain Subdivision in the late 1960's. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

At the top of Newport Hill in Newport Center, Vermont, the CP fan trip passenger train led by E8 1800 took the siding at a location referred to as Magowan in the CP's Eastern Region timetable. My... (more)

My father rode a fan trip from Montreal to Newport and back on the CP in 1972, led by E8 1800. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. I recall that he told me that he had to have his film... (more)

Southern Pacific Train 52, the San Joaquin Daylight, is led by an A-B-A set of F7s at Richmond, CA in the 1960s. The train is about to pass under my father's vantage point, the Santa Fe bridge. ... (more)