A Detroit Edison coal train rolls south (timetable north) on the Monongahela Manor Branch. These trains were heavy, typically with mid-train helpers and upwards of one hundred and forty 140-ton ho... (more)

Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 2 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. Here is a lease... (more)

Appearing to be rebuilt from the tender of a Jersey Central M63-class 2-8-2, this fire car was representing for the New Jersey Division Fire Department. Found in the Elizabethport area, I don’t... (more)

Why do the best things always show up after the sun disappears? – In the era just before Santa Fe’s unsuccessful merger with the SP, and before Superfleet, it was uncommon to encounter matched... (more)

The date says Conrail, but the scene is pure Reading. On the third weekend of Conrail’s existence, a lot of motive power has been shuffled, but the train patterns are still intact. Here a coal ... (more)

There’s quite a variety of power to be seen in this 1992 view of the area outside of Conrail’s Juniata shops. Beside the front-and-center E8’s used on Office Car Specials, the Conrail model ... (more)

Reunited – These two RS11’s began life as PRR 8652 and 8644, respectively. In 1964, The Pennsy leased the 8644 and seven other mates to the PRR-controlled Lehigh Valley. Two were returned, and... (more)

A local crew works the tight quarters of the Louisville & Nashville team tracks in Frankfort, Kentucky. Today, things aren’t so tight. There is only one track and the station has been razed.

An Unlikely Duo

Driving between industrial road locations in Cleveland, we stumbled across this pair of electric switchers hundreds of miles from the wires that powered them. Altho... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad had 550 Class R50b express refrigerator cars. Built with four-wheel passenger trucks, they were designed for speed, largely to transport milk to urban markets. This examp... (more)

The West Virginia Northern was a coal hauling short line that relied on dynamic brake-equipped EMD switchers to get product from the mines to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, West Virginia. Altho... (more)

The Bessemer & Lake Erie was one of the last Class I roads to have F units in active service. The aging EMD’s were mainly assigned to two regions. Moving ore cars around the Lake Erie ore docks ... (more)

Of all of the types of yard power that I have encountered over the years, the Norfolk & Western switchers at Lambert’s Point in the early 1980’s were my favorites. Taken out of road service, b... (more)

All Dressed Up……

When I last photographed Norfolk & Western RSD12 258, I did not expect to see it again, ... (more)

Conrail Train BJ-4 works its 132-car train in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. More than likely, Allentown yard is plugged, and the only place to make a setout is on this side of the Lehigh River Th... (more)