It Really Is Blue. On Sunday, September 24, 2023, United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey unveiled a major step forward in its newest restoration project. GE built U34CH 3372 was p... (more)

Nicely restored addition to "New Jersey Transit Heritage Collection" sits on display at ''Museum For A Day" organized by United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey . Despite miserable weath... (more)

It Really Is Blue. On Sunday, September 24, 2023, United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey unveiled a major step forward in its newest restoration project. GE built U34CH 3372 was p... (more)

High green ahead. A westbound Erie Lackawanna freight is approaching Broad Street interlocking tower at Griffith in 1975.

EL eastbound freight sitting at Huntington, IN, February 1976. Ektachrome, photographer: D. Ellison, John E. Troxler collection.

Head End Power. At the United Railroad Historical Society of NJ for the first time during a night shoot in Boonton, New Jersey, former Erie Lackawanna/NJDOT GE U34CH 3372 (later NJ TRANSIT ... (more)

"Awaiting Restoration"
Erie Lackawanna U34CH 3372, the last known surviving U34 in the world, sits inside the URHS Boonton shed awaiting restoration.

The Erie Lackawanna had a fleet of insulated box cars that were targeted for use at an on-line General Foods warehouse. Here one of these cars with a distinctive blue EL scheme rolls out of Enola,... (more)

A somewhat unusual Erie Lackawanna insulated box car rolls through Allentown, Pennsylvania. This class of car has an oversized off-center plug door.

Helpers on EL 3623 East move across Starucca viaduct on an October morning. Behind the ex-DL&W caboose, lead helper 7094 is a former Erie unit, while the 8454, second out, is former DL&W - both of... (more)

My father and I were on our way to upstate New York to catch NKP Berkshire No. 759 leading a High Iron excursion. We spent the night, as we so often did, beside the tracks - here along the D&H roa... (more)

The GP35 That Refused to Change

This Erie-Lackawanna GP35 was stripped of its EL identity by Conrail, but a reversal of fortune compelled the forces at the shop where it was being ... (more)

An Erie-Lackawanna GP35 idles on one of the roundhouse leads in Bangor, Pennsylvania. At one time there had been a 60-foot turntable to serve the four-stall roundhouse, but by this time it had bee... (more)