Wanting no more than One Alco for my only shot at this location. I was happy to get two Alcos and a a geep still in New Haven colors.

The Penn Central version of hustle muscle is getting a crew change in preparation for the next push up the hill to Hillsdale

The yard at 30th Street Station was easily photographable from a rooftop parking lot. Simply pay to park you car and watch for action. Note the Penn Central Baldwin RS12 switching cars behind.

Penn Central cabin car of PRR heritage sports fresh paint at Norry. Courtesy David Spohn, Sr. archives.

This is the quintessential picture of industrial siding railroading in 1960’s New England. The Wrentam Branch freight from Readville is switching the Shoe Carton siding. At one time there would ... (more)

Former NYC/CUT motor; note boxcars from merger partners PRR & NH at right rear

The CR salt train power is on isolated trackage at P&L Jct. The train used Chessie trackage rights from Rochester to P&L Jct. to get to its own track in the Caledonia area. The track that the powe... (more)

Three car train of Penn Central MP54's make the station stop at Odenton, MD while holding the main on number 2 track.

Penn Central GG1 4854 stands at the Trenton station with Amtrak's westbound Bay State. It appears that the car washer only did the sides of the motor as the nose is filthy.

A Penn Central/New Jersey Department of Transportation set of Jersey Arrow II MUs head west while I await what would be my first solo train ride (on the Palmetto to Wilmington, DE, later boarded f... (more)

Two RS-11's coupled together was uncommon for Penn Central. New haven, Penn central and even Conrail loved to mix up their power.

GP9 GP30 and SW1500 wait their turn to go out on line and haul revenue tonnage. SW airline has been tapped for blowing sand. The whole terminal has a temporary feel to it.

Conrail local freight and MBTA RDC’s down by the station early in the morning on a cold winter’s day. The RDC is still wearing the New York Central livery. The winter advantage that RDC's had ... (more)

Eastbound mail train about to pass Dick Jensen's Pacific, former GTW 5629. The locomotive was later scrapped, following a legal dispute regarding storage fees. Note that the 5629 has a full load... (more)