A meet occurs just south of the Alexandria, Virginia Amtrak station as a northbound Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac pig train meets a southbound hi-rail truck.

The Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn kicks up snow that blows across the cemetery in Timblin, Pennsylvania. Today it would be appropriate for a headstone to be on the roadbed.

Amid the October foliage, the Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn passes through the cut at Ringgold, Pennsylvania.

After bringing up the rear on trains of anthracite, this ex-Lehigh Valley caboose ended up working in the bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania. This is the rear of the more)

The Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn rumbles through Timblin, Pennsylvania. The one-time depot is almost completely hidden by the tree.

The Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville passes the one-time depot at Timblin, Pennsylvania. A look at Google maps reveals that nothing related to the railroad, including the station, is left today.

The Pittsburg & Shawmut Brookville turn has finished switching at Ringgold, Pennsylvania, and is continuing toward Mahoning with a train of loads from the mina at Dora, which can be seen above the... (more)

Flowers at the Gravesite

Conrail GP9B 3807 awaits the torch in the Altoona dead line. The curvature of the frame is a good indicator of the cause of death.

With a car on each end, the Everett Railroad’s crew departs Claysburg, Pennsylvania

Everett Railroad GE 80-tonner number 4 switches a car in Claysburg, Pennsylvania. In the left background is one of the former DL&W MU cars that would become an excursion coach.

Everett Railroad GE 80-tonner number 4, the only piece of equipment that survived the abandonment of the original Everett line, stands at the operational headquarters of the reborn Everett ay Clay... (more)

Eastbound New York, Susquehanna and Western train NTV-4 crosses the Delaware River from Millrift, Pennsylvania to New York as it approaches Port Jervis. Millrift has been an iconic photo location ... (more)

In an unimaginable move in the 1980’s, Susquehanna landed a stack train contract with Sea-Land Corporation. Although five C430’s were the carrier’s main road power, the addition of a CF7 was... (more)

Delaware & Hudson train RPPY passes through Parryville, Pennsylvania. The bridge in the background id the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, while to the extreme right is Walck’s Restau... (more)

Delaware and Hudson trains in the late 1980’s promised a wide variety of power in a rainbow of colors. Once in a while, a not-so-colorful lash up like this CSX semi-stealth GP40-2/GP40 pair with... (more)