The Solari in 30th Street Station had a special message for a special boy arriving after fulfilling his wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. If you're interested in seeing more of his adventu... (more)

CP/D&H Train 556 waits for a recrew at CSX’ East Side Yard in Philadelphia. There was always hope of getting an MLW leading on this train, but this version had two M636’s trailing. The next da... (more)

Viewed from the Walnut Street bridge, CP/D&H combined trains 555/701depart Philadelphia. Today, the water tower has disappeared from the Locust Point building, and the National Publishing Company ... (more)

More Shades of Gray (CSX Version)

Already a grey railroad, with quite a few variants of its grey and blue paint scheme, also had legacy grey from the Seaboard System, Family Lines,... (more)

The southbound Orange Blossom Special travels within sight of the Philadelphia Art Museum after exiting the tunnel that passes under the Oval in front of the iconic art museum steps. The t... (more)

Thanks to a Virginia law, one of the hottest freight trains to travel through Philadelphia still had a caboose in 1987. The end of the southbound Orange Blossom Special rolls along the Schu... (more)

An Acela arrives at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, with the city's skyline seen behind.

Westbound CSX ethanol train K610 crosses the former Pennsylvania Railroad's High Line through Philadelphia, PA with the new FMC tower nearing completion in the background. The train is passing thr... (more)

An Amtrak train heads west (south) on the Northeast Corridor, speeding through Holmesburg Junction in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Sunday. On this morning activity on Amtrak is close to normal lev... (more)

Something that was so common for decades is now a thing of the past. A stout little locomotive that became the face of Metroliner and the majority of the conventional trains on the NEC had a numb... (more)

Passengers head to board a train, passing a large sculpture titled "The Spirit of Transportation."

There's not much need for a caption on this one.

An Airport bound train passes through the open air space between the Suburban Station tunnel and 30th Street Station.

An eastbound CSX train arrives at East Side yard with a one-year–old C40-8W leading. CP/D&H train 700 is still waiting to proceed to Baltimore.

A set of CSX power heads to the East Side yard office while CP/D&H train 700, with a Soo leader, waits to proceed to Baltimore. In the background, a CSX train from Baltimore is just coming into vi... (more)