On September 23, 1978, Chessie ran its 41st Chessie Steam Special of the year, with a round trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. I got cloud skunked on the eastbound trip. My dad and I were determ... (more)

Trolley Grade Crossing. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Type K car no. 9000 is seen crossing the CSX Philadelphia Subdivision at Main St and 6th St in Darby, ... (more)

Cross At Grade.The "at grade" crossing with CSX (formerly Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) at Main-6. On Saturday, September 16, 2023, 37-year SEPTA Trolley Operator Bill Monaghan Jr. retired. ... (more)

Opposite View. The CSX (former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad) crossing at 6-Main in Darby, Pennsylvania is usually a morning run-by photo stop on a Wilmington NRHS Superbowl Trip, but on Saturd... (more)

An Amtrak long distance train led by ACS-64 No. 611 sprints south past the shelters of Darby station in Pennsylvania along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The Moon is visible between the wires above... (more)

A late afternoon Amtrak Regional Express winds its way though the s-curve just shy of the station at Darby, PA, some 6 miles south of Philadelphia.

A late afternoon SEPTA commuter train makes a brief station stop at Darby some 6 miles south of Philadelphia, PA

The original simple yet handsome 1872 built Pennsylvania Railroad station seen ... (more)

The majesty that is Darby Station.

The original simple yet handsome 1872 built Pennsylvania Railroad station seen here... (more)

Minutes south of Philadelphia, PA, an Amtrak long distance train winds its way through Darby while en route to Wilmington, DE and points south.

An eastbound CSX freight rattles the diamonds in the middle of Main Street in Darby, Pa. The diamonds are for a crossing of SEPTA's Route 11 streetcar. At one time, this crossing was the last at-g... (more)

A PCC-2 winds its way through Darby, just outside Philadelphia, on a slushy February afternoon. The car is operating as a charter for the Wilmington Chapter NRHS as the Super Saturday Streetcar Sp... (more)

The Chessie Steam Special races south out of Philadlephia behind Reading T1 #2101. Staged in honor of the 1977 Sesquicentennial of the Baltimore & Ohio (founded in 1827), Ross Rowland's 4-8-4 tour... (more)

Moments after the Chessie Steam Special raced to Baltimore, a Septa PCC crossed the tracks with its oblivious passengers, passing straggler railfans. I have been told that this was the last trolle... (more)

Eastbound 136 coming out of Boone Tunnel on it's way to Philly.