CNJ freight approaches the PRR diamond at CY Tower, while a Reading freight is seen in he distance.

At one time the towerman at CY answered to 3 dispatchers and 2 yardmasters. Here CNJ freight approaches the PRR Greenville Branch crossing.

The train was headed back eastward into the Portage tunnel after running the balloon track. These trips originated in Harrisburg and turned here.

Running on Penn Central, the flat-black High Iron Special gets some mid-day admiration from the crowd as seen from Jackson St. This special ran the weekend of Sept. 12/13, Harrisburg-Horseshoe Cu... (more)

A High Iron special leaves a carbon footprint as it exits the tunnel. She'll turn on the balloon track and head through the Portage tunnel eastward back to Harrisburg.

This Jackson Park "B" train approaches the Indiana Ave. station on the South Side. The Chicago Junction right of way can be seen to the right, and the bridge across the Rock Island for the L's st... (more)

North Shore cars on the CTA as seen from another train. 'L liners may have been the pride of the fleet, but most trains on the line were comprised of these cars. View may be from 12th St., MP 0 ... (more)

Another view of DT 104 shoving a coach into Brush St.

U-1-c #6040 with 73" drivers is hostled at Brush St. passing the old Standard Oil [Indiana] crown pump. Most of the 5 locomotives in this class (#6037-41) were gradually equipped with disc driver... (more)

Working the Brush St. terminal on a humid August day. The switchers were diesel, but the passenger trains here were still powered by steam.

A look back at life in America, 1956. It is believed this is Howard St., where passengers transfer to the Skokie and Wilmette lines, for trains running under wires. South of here is the Howard-J... (more)

No, John is not being kicked off the property. A signal is given and soon #515 will couple to the cabin car. A bit of the St. Clair Ave. enginehouse can be seen between the engine and caboose, f... (more)

A pair of internal combustion oddballs wait it out at Columbus. #9720 in perfect pinstripes, built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, and #9471 built by FM at Erie, 1600HP & 2000HP respectively. The head... (more)

The N&W local with M-class #422 and her 56" drivers pulls up under the bridge spanning the PRR yard trackage and roundhouse at St. Clair Ave.

Cars #1723 and #1777 meet. Broad gauge 5ft.2-1/2in.