Running well behind schedule, the OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with 4 of its 5 units off the RF&P’s roster, speeds west at White Marsh on B&O’s Philadelphia Subdivision, on May 18, 198... (more)

October 25, 1987 finds PNER 1751 visiting Conklin Yard, presumably waiting here for some shop time. The GP9 is ex-CR 7242, exx-PC 7242, née-PRR 7242, built 10/1959. While Pocono Northeast Railway... (more)

“No Drone Was Harmed”
R171, led by RF&P GP40-2 143, is westbound on the Philadelphia Sub in Rosedale, MD on January 23, 1988. The hotshot is the former OBSS, yet is still referred t... (more)

“Blue Debut”
Debuting Maryland Midland Railway’s dark blue and orange paint scheme for its passenger equipment, MMID 812 and 794 are on the point of a Blue Mountain Limited ... (more)

MMID 812 and 794 are on the point of a Blue Mountain Limited excursion, about to depart Union Bridge for Highfield on 11/07/1987.

After Norfolk & Western retired NW 812, 794, and 793... (more)

Two Chessie-attired SD50s (CSXT 8565, 8591) lead CSX R342 (Cumberland to Enola) eastbound on No. 1 Main at New Franklin. As it enters Conrail territory at Lurgan, some 14 miles distant, R34... (more)

“Just When Is My Birthday?”
NW 518639 (class C-31P) cupola caboose was photographed at Vardo Yard (Hagerstown, MD) on 06/27/1987. Despite a build date of “12-69” stenciled on the... (more)

“And Lead Us Not Into Penn Station”
An unidentified southbound, led by AMTK 922, arrives at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station.

“Victorian Gothic Icon”
Although completed in 1875, what you see here in 1984 (and even today) is essentially the result of the 1931 restoration of the E. Francis Baldwin-designed st... (more)

“Cleanup on Aisle 4”
Near the throat of the eastbound classification yard at Brunswick, CSXT 940508 works to rerail several wayward loaded hoppers on the No. 4 running track on 08/24... (more)

“Rode Hard and Put Away Wet”
Seen here at Conklin Yard on 09/14/1987, D&H 35797 (D&H class NE6) extended vision caboose was built by International Car Co. in 10/1971 as RDG 94116.more)

“No Juice”
AMTK 4932 (ex-PC 4909, née-PRR 4909, built 12/1941, B/N 4378) was retired by Amtrak in 1983/84. It is seen here on the Octoraro Railway (near Elsmere Jct., DE) on ... (more)

“Smoke ‘Em if Ya Got ‘Em”
An all-EMD consist leads Philadelphia to Potomac Yard manifest R405 (formerly B&O 85) westbound on the Thomas Viaduct on 09/20/1987. Note the two (what ... (more)

“Sans Dome”
Skirting past the rock face at Relay is B&O bay window caboose 903729, bringing up the rear of an Old Main Line coal drag destined for the Curtis Bay piers. Still in (now... (more)

“Pine Tree Detour”
Operating on B&O’s Philadelphia Sub, a Maine Central extended vision caboose brings up the rear of D&H POPY at North Point, the crew change point at the east end... (more)