E8 shell wasting away at the Steam Shop turntable, presumable used for parts for the working heritage fleet E9s. The cab was in relatively good shape. However, the same cannot be said for the prim... (more)

With Christmas in the air and an increase in passenger traffic, the first section of the normally-combined North Coast Limited-Empire Builder wears green as it roars through La Grange, Illinois on... (more)

A Union Pacific Employee Family Day special is just leaving the Union Pacific "Argo" yard in south seatle for a short trip south. Leading the train is an E8A and E8B. On the rear of the train is... (more)

A Conrail office car special passes under the massive Westinghouse Bridge on a foggy October morning. The train is on the short Port Perry Branch and will shortly make the connection to the Pittsb... (more)

A motley assortment of vintage equipment will soon become retail space as the former railroad equipment is part of a major facelift to the Grants Mill Station shopping center in Irondale. The tra... (more)

Built in 1952 for the Pennsylvanian Railroad, this veteran E8 will soon attract customers again as it’s slated to become one of the central attractions at the renovated Grants Mill Station shopp... (more)

New York and Greenwood Lake E8 (A) rests on the Erie turntable in Port Jervis, NY.

Cr 4022 sits on the "Cab Track" at Conway, Pa ata bout 3am in Dec 1980. Unit was painted blue at this time.

The Capitol Limited is shown at Grand Central in slide #1 of the three posted here recently. They were all taken on an August day in 1964, at about 9am, as the tower clock reveals. This land tod... (more)

This photo illustrates how the cover on the coupler could be pulled back to facilitate coupling when in trail position. In this case, a REA express box converted from a Pullman troop sleeper is c... (more)

The photographer rode this train from Pittsburgh, and due to station dwell time was able to get up front and record this scene. PRR's second order of E8's from EMD came in Tuscan Red, #5701 was t... (more)

Rock Island 652 specially painted for the bicentennial slows for a station stop at the Geneseo depot on the way to Chicago from Rock Island.

It's train time at Steubenville! While locals watch express and baggage being unloaded at it's stop along the Panhandle, a photo is captured of 1953 life in America. For the rivet counters, this... (more)

The Fort Pitt is readied for departure to Chicago under the open canopy at the downtown terminal due to construction. Click on "more" (above, after "PRR 5804") for the head-end view of this engin... (more)

A train waits on track #15 while a work gang tackles trackwork on adjacent rails in the open shed of the Pittsburgh terminal, June 1953. PRR was in the process of renovating the station platforms... (more)