Cue the Jaws theme music...John found the shark-tank on the PRR at Canton, 9712 and 9588 in-between jobs, with several other sets in the pit. This is one of the Canton photos posted at more)

My objective on this trip was to photograph the last stand of the NP FT units. Here's a GN freight that I photographed near Tacoma, Washington. Hopefully I can find the NP FT shots and post the... (more)

4:30pm on a late summer afternoon in the Windy City c. '65...the Beatles & Rolling Stones latest hits crackle over the WLS-AM airwaves...and the IC's Panama Limited, with sleeping cars only, depar... (more)

Our first stop for service comes at Thorndale, where passengers are allowed to de-board and mingle about getting photos. We'll stay on the mainline to Lancaster, the Low Grade line shares the rig... (more)

An A-B set of E6's get hostled at Jersey City. Ansco-Color restoration

Leased RDG steam on the Pennsy sits in the hole at Williamsport. Note the plume of smoke of an approaching train or possibly an engine working the Newberry Yard, seen above the car. All this is ... (more)

J-class #6490 was cranked out of the Altoona Shops as a part of the war effort in '43 & '44, and, like this one, all were eventually scrapped. But on this date, it was captured in color taking co... (more)

An Erie commuter train strolls through the streets of Passaic in 1960.

Steam still prevailed at Cheyenne in '57, it still is home to UP's steam fleet today. For more color views from that day, click heremore)

The PRR St. Clair Ave. roundhouse was like railfan Disneyland in the mid '50's. Steam, exotic diesels, even imported Santa Fe 2-10-4's, and the fuel tanks they required since they were oil burner... (more)

The Burlington's eastbound "Journey to Yesterday" train with CB&Q 5632 stops at Omaha, Nebraska in June of 1959.

A suspected Mohawk-led mail and express train, with 4 head-end mail cars, slows to stop at Crestline. It was scheduled into Crestline at 3:10 and did not carry passengers (1956 Ohio Div. TT). Du... (more)

Santa Fe 21C arrives in the early morning at Santa Fe Junction. See comments below for possible train ID..and thanks for the correction.

Less than a year old, PRR 5804 gets readied for departure to Chicago at 11am as seen in this Ansco Color view. PRR was renovating their Pittsburgh terminal at the time of this photo, pardon the w... (more)

Light power drifts downgrade past an observer after shoving a westbound up the mountain. The curve is 100% steam-free this day.