The scene could be the late 40's or early 50's and this young lady patiently waits for a Pittsburgh bound trolley to pass at the Washington County Fairgrounds crossing. In actually, Pete Lerro he... (more)

Western Pennsylvania coal train bound for Edison's River Rouge power plant near Detroit, Michigan, led by PRR GP9 7253, PRR GP9B 3818 and Detroit, Toledo & Ironton GP9 990 rolling through Orovill... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station, two bald PRR E8s 4255 and 4297 leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on June 19, 1968. Photo by photographer's name not listed, from my... (more)

Two NYC E8s led by 4049 and 4069 power train 35 the Iroquois (Boston-New York-Chicago) at South Bend, Indiana on April 29, 1961. Photo by Louis A. Marre, from my collection.

Following a Cleveland railfanning extravaganza with my friend and his dad, we headed home via Horseshoe Curve and then a stop at Altoona (shops and yards). The yards were filled with dead power, m... (more)

A set of EMD FTs lead 81 cars west, just west of Suwanee New Mexico, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A four unit EMD FT set, led by ATSF 106, takes 83 cars east doing 30 MPH, at Suwanee New Mexico in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

AT&SF train 17, the Super Chief, is seen at Raton New Mexico in 1940 with EMC E6 unit 13 leading. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF 1226 was a San Bernadino rebuild from an SW9. 1226 was eventually sold to Amtrak.

A pair of PRR RS-3's units 8435 and 8597 bring a local freight into the west end of Brockway on the Erie to Williamsport Line, in September 1963. From my collection, Photo by R. Malinoski.

East bound on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne line at Valparaiso Indiana. From my collection, a Dennis Schmidt photo, purchased several decades ago.

Rock Island E6A 630 and a drab E7B heads the Twin Star Rocket at Fort Worth, Texas in December 1960. Photo by R. Plummer, from my slide collection.

Date approximate. A relic sits in front of the magnificent station awaiting work. The station is now known as California Dreaming.

The tunnel beneath the Southern that links the former CRR and C&WC required an approach from the south that was neither flat nor straight, as shown by this northbound train about to enter the tunn... (more)

Three Piedmont & Northern Alco RS-3’s haul the coal received in interchange from the Clinchfield westward from Spartanburg, S. C. for delivery to a power plant on April 13, 1963.