Conrail and Chessie trains work in the shadow of the steel mill. A hard shot to get on a sunny day, I took advantage of a hazy morning to work the mill in as a backdrop for the photo.
An empty "hot bottle" train arrives at Center St junction with the Republic Steel ore pile and blast furnace in the background. The entire mill has been torn down. That's the Chessie System main c... (more)
A pair of ex New Haven Alco's bracket a pair of PNC geeps as they couple on to the head end of this train.There is also a former EL caboose between the sets of power.
A BN 137 pool train out of the Pacific Northwest crosses Charter Way and prepares to enter WP's Stockton Yard.
This Conrail freight sits void of a crew with a former PRR Alco up front on a cold but bright winter day.
Grain train is headed up by an Alco C-425/RS-3 slug/C-425/RSD-4 set.
On a very hot August day the crew has the "poor man's air conditioner" running as this ore train slowy moves down the track.By August of 1982 this was about the only place one could see an Alco C-... (more)
Portland Turn passes the restored tower at East Stroudsburg
Portland Turn pulls through Tobyhanna as the fog starts to thicken
Portland Turn leaving Scranton
DL Portland Turn blasts through the crossing on a cold and foggy afternoon at Pocono Summit
EL units heading to the East.
Southbound passing the CN interchange. 2 M420's, an RS2 and a C424. Those were great years
