Back in the early 90's, Conrail ran a train between Selkirk, NY and New Haven, CT down the east shore of the Hudson and splitting off at Beacon and over Poughquag Mountain, onto the main line int... (more)

A pair of helpers, or snappers, are coupled ahead of the SD60I road power on RR-261 - a westbound roadrailer with 57 trailers mounted on bogies. The train is moving up the 1.8% grade on the east s... (more)

It's 8:25am on a Saturday morning as CR 6080 and SD60M 5527 lead an eastbound coal train into the rising sun. Although inactive since the mid-1980s, the 1899 vintage interlocking tower still remai... (more)

Conrail's Chicago Line from its namesake to Berea, OH was likely the busiest route in the East with a constant stream of commodities. The 6244 East is blowing through rural Wauseon, OH past signal... (more)

A pair of SD40-2 snappers ahead of the road power on symbol LMPI (Linden/Metuchen-Conway) lead the westbound high on the slopes of the Allegheny grade through Allegrippus curve. Fuji Sensia.

CR 6815 highballs a westbound manifest through Latrobe, PA. Scanned from a print.

Twilight of GG1-powered freight operations, with the 1935-built 4801 leading a northbound manifest. Cousin Barry on the platform is saving his movie film for the then-new and more colorful Amtrak... (more)

A single E-33 (3,300 hp) electric is at the point of a westbound manifest, waiting on a new crew at the sewage plant grade crossing. This locomotive was built by GE in January, 1957 as the VGN Cla... (more)

The SD40-2s were the workhorses of the day - coupled ahead (snapping) or shoving tonnage trains across the Alleghenies. Here a pair lead an SD60M and Dash8-40CW on symbol ALPI's (Allentown-Conway)... (more)

CR 6074 is paired with an SD60M as they lead empty hoppers through Horseshoe Curve.

CR 6387 and 6366 are snappers on the point of Mail 9H's GP40-2 road power as they bring the Chicago-bound mail train around Horseshoe Curve.

A GP38 and SD50 lead an eastbound manifest near Ceylon, OH in the summer of 1990. Scanned from a print.

A trio of SD60Ms lead an eastbound trailvan on the long 1% grade from the Conemaugh River valley to Gallitzin. The train is crossing a reinforced stone arch bridge dating to the early 20th century... (more)

SD50 No. 6791 leads GE Dash8 40B No. 5070 and Dash8 40CW No. 6144 with 132 empty hoppers climbing the steady 1.75% grade past MG tower - still a part-time open office at this date. MG is located a... (more)

Conrail 5545 leads a W/B ATSF Intermodal climbing the grade to Dalies, NM on January 7, 1995 with an ATSF GP60B and 2 ATSF GE's. An E/B ATSF piggyback passes downgrade with the snow covered Manzan... (more)