The MA1 local is hauling westbound on the main line back to Manville Yard. She is seen rounding a bend with a pair of boxcrars as she approaches the South Avenue grade crossing.

Switching South Plainfield. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670, one of the railroad's Operation Lifesaver units, is seen idling in South Plainfield Yard, operating as Conrail Shared Asset... (more)

Geep Garage. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670 is seen shoving cars into the MarinoWARE facility in South Plainfield, NJ, operating as Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) train MA1.

Shoving into South Plainfield. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670, one of the railroad's Operation Lifesaver units, is seen shoving a cut of covered hoppers into South Plainfield Yard, op... (more)

A Manville Yard local working the main line. Here the locomotive is running around its train to switch out boxcars at the industry on the left.

NS 5670 moves light toward the Port Road to retrieve a cut of cars for Baltimore Bayview. This was an experiment by NS that saw 2 trains, one bound for Delaware, one bound for Baltimore, MD mixed ... (more)

The Other Chocolate Town

The Wilbur Chocolate Company, less well-known nationally than its competitor about 25 miles away in Hershey, produced chocolate in the large building seen ... (more)

Bayview local H02, with three loaded autoracks for Dundalk Marine Terminal, passes 5th Avenue Yard, and a Canton Railroad MOW crew at work on their adjacent trackage.

NS 5670, GP38-2 in Operation Lifesaver scheme, leads an empty coal drag with NS 6718, 6736 and 6717 in tow over the Little Juniata River.

HB48, with the lone OLS unit assigned to Baltimore on the point, passes 5th Avenue Yard on the Bear Creek Running Track, with a long train of export tractors destined for the Port of Baltimore Dun... (more)

HB48, with the lone OLS unit assigned to the Baltimore Terminal, crosses Colgate Creek on the Bear Creek Running Track with export tractors and automobiles for the Port of Baltimore.

Competion - On my first visit to the Baltimore area I spent a good half day in the Canton area on the east side of the harbor exploring the maze of industrial trackage. This heavily indust... (more)

On my first visit to the Baltimore area I spent a good half day in the Canton area on the east side of the harbor exploring the maze of industrial trackage. While Baltimore is rightfully known as... (more)