The fireman casts me a glance as the National Limited heads west to Harrisburg after a station stop in Lancaster. The train is about 3 miles out of Lancaster and is already running near track spe... (more)

New Year's Eve at Rockville with an eastbound Conrail freight, pre-drone days. You can see the original 1849 bridge alignment above the 2nd batch of tank cars.

Our perch high above the swollen Susquehanna River affords an opportunity to compare EMD models SW7 and SW9 switchers on a transfer run west out of Enola. Ex-NYC No. 8851 (built 2-50) is leading ... (more)

The 918 is hitting the old Reading & Columbia RR diamond at a mile-a-minute or better, on its way to the next stop at Lancaster. The diamond is long-gone, and the R&C is now a rail-trail, in part... (more)

The 1218 on the point of a southbound NRHS Special, nearing Lynchburg and crossing the James River on the massive old Southern Railway bridge

One of fifty-nine BL2s produced, the 7172 and a slug are hard at work on a steamy June afternoon. The 7172 was built for the Western Maryland in October, 1948, and originally carried road No. 82.... (more)

A Royal Hudson at Temple, PA, seen here the year before it was used in the Blue Mountain and Reading's "Golden Spike" ceremony on July 13, 1985. "Atlantic Central" is the orga... (more)

One of Lima's finest- C&O's J3-a Greenbrier No. 614; built June, 1948- 255 psi, 72" drivers, 68,300 lbf, 4.13 factor of adhesion.

The white-hatted foreman is down on his haunches to better scrutinize the progress of tie renewal on eastbound No. 1 Track. Tie-handling machine No. 1041's crew is manipulating some freshly creos... (more)

A 1971-built ex-Penn Central SD40 leads a train out of the now-closed 1904 Gallitzin Tunnel. The 1854 tunnel on the right, Summit, or Allegheny Tunnel, was rebuilt 1994-95 with two tracks and cle... (more)

The pre-1900 Pennsylvania Railroad mainline west of Elizabethtown was recently rebuilt by Stone Gables Estate. On April 22 and 23, to commemorate the 154th anniversary of the Lincoln funeral trai... (more)

The PRR 1223 and 7002 pose for the cameras in the first of two night photo sessions during the 1985 NRHS 50th Anniversary Convention, hosted by the Lancaster Chapter. The open-flash lighting was ... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s are wheeling what looks to be the southbound Silver Meteor or Champion, due in Baltimore just after 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., respectively. (See comments section for further discussi... (more)

We're in the cab of a 70-year old operating F3A with mostly original equipment, including the Barco speed recorder. No. 663 was built for the Bangor & Aroostook in May, 1948 as their No. 44 and i... (more)

A few fans get their shots at the East Broad Top's "Winter Spectacular" in February 1981. The M-1 is a Brill Model 250 gas-electric, built in 1927.