Strafford Station - This station at Strafford, Pennsylvania, is one of the few buildings that survives from the 1876 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, the date it was built. After the exposi... (more)

Note the consist of de-motored Metroliner coaches, which still collect power from the catenary for HEP functions. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specifi... (more)

Conrail’s theater car brings up the markers of a westbound Office Car Special on the Amtrak Harrisburg Line at Strafford, Pennsylvania.

A Conrail Office Car Special rolls west on the Amtrak Harrisburg Line, passing SEPTA’s former PRR gingerbread station at Strafford, Pennsylvania. E-units were quite unusual on this line, as the ... (more)

A venerable AEM-7 leads a SEPTA push-pull commuter express into Strafford Station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line, aka; the Keystone Line.

A SEPTA commuter train ducks a set of PRR era functioning position lights as it prepares to stop just ahead at Devon station.

Cab cars are a Keystone along Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg, PA segment of the aptly named Keystone Corridor. Amtrak does in fact run some east to west trains (originating in New Yord City... (more)

Strafford Station, former Pennsylvania Railroad, now serves SEPTA commuter trains along the transit agency's Paoli/Thorndale line, aka, Amtrak's Keystone route. Built in 1876, this station was l... (more)

Despite the arrival of 13 of 15 Siemens ACS-64 "American Cities Sprinters", at least 4 of SEPTA's 7 AEM-7's are still plying the rails in late July of 2018. Two typically run on Amtrak'... (more)

Portrait shot of SEPTA's AEM-7 No. 2306 at Strafford Station.

902 - the (SEPTA) Sprinters are coming!

The second of fifteen gray "American Cities Sprinters" makes an appearance on the SEPTA system, today leading the transit agency's express ... (more)

Amtrak Cities Sprinter No. 600, unique in that it has a dedication to David Gunn on the nose, leads a Keystone westbound through Strafford, PA. The 1876 built station, listed on the National Regi... (more)

So... this happened, lol. Two SEPTA AEM-7 led push-pull commuter sets meet up at Strafford, PA with No. 2301 overtaking No. 2302 by the time they arrive at the station. This unexpected event off... (more)

SEPTA's former Pennsylvania Railroad built station in Strasfford, PA. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, this station sits roughly 15 miles west of center city Philadelph... (more)

A venerable AEM-7 leads one of SEPTA's evening push/pull commuter sets into Strafford Station. The 1885 station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, sits roughly 15 miles ... (more)