The PRR 1223 (Juniata, 1905,) running around its train at Paradise, about a year before it was retired from active service. The locomotive had been on loan to the Strasburg from the PRR, PC, and ... (more)

A 1956-built ex-B&O RDC on Thomas Viaduct, which connects Elkridge to Relay. Note the 15-foot high obelisk on the Relay side, erected by builder John McCartney; one side is inscribed- "The T... (more)

A view of the Strasburg's old "egg" emblem on the tender of ex-CN 0-6-0 No. 7312, built in 1908 by Baldwin. Note the generous headroom above the firing deck. Restored in 1960, the loco... (more)

Keystone Service in the 1980s, with an eastbound 3-car rebuilt Metroliner set. Budd-GE snack bar-coach (PRR Class MPC85E5) No. 856 (scrapped February 2003) is in the lead.

Pennsy 4-4-0 No. 1223, panned at Paradise. The 1223 is the sole-survivor of 429 PRR Class D16 4-4-0s. It was retired from active service on the Strasburg Rail Road in 1989, and is now on display... (more)

Traffic has come to a halt on Bel Air Avenue for a southbound Amfleet consist led by Penn Central GG-1 No. 4890. Note the HEP car converted from an old coach, the now-gone general store, and vint... (more)

Silverliner Service in the 1970s, with an ex-PRR Class MP85B stopping by Mount Joy's crumbling platform. Amtrak and the Commonwealth of PA recently opened a new station here, with high level plat... (more)

The Clinchfield 676 at dusk, about halfway between Dante and St. Paul, rolling toward Kingsport. It was our last photo of the day, as the train was delayed at Boody after the 676 sideswiped a tra... (more)

Ex-Gulf, Mobile, and Northern No. 425 in 1986, backing down onto a Santa Claus Special on the Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad at South Hamburg. No. 425, built by Baldwin in 1928, has 69" dr... (more)

Four Geeps lead a westbound intermodal around the horseshoe curve at Mance in late 1986. Lead unit No. 4184 is a 1972 product of EMD.

A 1985-built SD50 on the point of a Conrail freight. This locomotive eventually went to the KCS, renumbered as their 7014. After 30 years, I don't remember where I snapped this B&W negative; it'... (more)

A chop-nosed Geep leads a local freight on the old Reading Lines in the Lebanon Valley. No. 7570 was rebuilt from PRR GP9 No. 7063, built by EMD in October of 1956.

Pennsy steam on the old Western Maryland Dutch Line, with the 7002 coasting downgrade along Smith's Siding. It has been a long day's journey from Strasburg, and overnight servicing will take plac... (more)

The 1218 on the point of a southbound NRHS Special, nearing Lynchburg and crossing the James River on the massive old Southern Railway bridge

Elephant-style EMD E-Units with the 1955-built ex-CB&Q No. 9986B (E9A) leading a late afternoon commuter train by the old B&O tower at West Brunswick. The unit was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen for... (more)