#58 fell victim to arson on March 16, 2008. Personnel have moved all 4 of the involved pieces from the engine house in which the vandal(s) broke into and did their destruction. The engine house ... (more)

#38 fell victim to arson on March 16, 2008. Personnel have moved all 4 of the involved pieces from the engine house in which the vandal(s) broke into and did their destruction. The engine house ... (more)

Arrive Alive!!! That is the hopes of the children on this bus. If crossing gates had any strength, this short bus would be even shorter. Note the price of gas too as the ME-1 reverses of... (more)

Here’s a close up nose shot of Knox and Kane #39 that was involved in the engine house arson fire on March 16th, 2008 that put the nail in the coffin for the Knox and Kane. The good news is tha... (more)

A first look at the new Tri-Rail Brookville BL36PH as number 819 gets some finishing touches outside at the turntable at Brookville Equipment Corporation.

This 1890s D&H Dining Car is the last of the 4 victims involved in the March 16th, 2008 arson fire that destroyed the engine house that housed this car, GP9 #39, 2-8-2 #58, and 2-8-0 #38. The goo... (more)

#39 pulls the Railbox and the bay window caboose by some curious horses. 39 will be making a stop at Kane to pick up #70, the RS36 for delivery since it has been bought.

Talk about finding an incorrectly minted coin, I was contacted by Brookville Locomotive personnel and advised that this loco was incorrectly decaled for Metro North. This loco was actually... (more)

Former Knox and Kane #39 is on rails that it once ran daily while in service with the Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine RR, a lesser known Cornell owned railroad. Unfortunately, she will never ... (more)

The BTNC comes out of the Ellwood Tunnel and over Connoquenessing Creek for some fresh morning air.

The 21 degree Paint Creek Bridge at Bryners Mill. The last train to my knowledge over this bridge was an excursion special from Marienville to my hometown of Knox in 1993 powered by S6 #44, with ... (more)

Her Fallen Majesty. This old girl once carried coal trains of the mighty ERIE until the mid '60s, then resumed by carrying tourists in 1987 with the Knox and Kane RR until the bridge was c... (more)

Not so "Little Joe" sits on display beside a little Pennsy Shunt locomotive at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. Both of these locomotives have ties to Erie. Little Joe was built in Eri... (more)

A lady from AR contacted me to inquire on some information about this bridge. Her great-grandfather was killed on Jan 23, 1897 when his passenger train, B&O predecessor Pittsburg and Western No. ... (more)

Brookville Locomotive Corporation’s newest member of Hybrid, the CoGeneration. As was explained to me, this loco is powered by 3-700HP engines and has the ability to shut one or two of them dow... (more)