Action on the Mon line under the Duquense Incline. PRR Class FS20m.

As a westbound freight approaches a signal on the west side of the Monongahela River, passing under the Duquense Incline, my friend the late William Rosenberg waves at me. PRR Class EF45.

Tonnage rolls near the Duquense Incline at the confluence of the three rivers. The bridge in the background is the West End Bridge over the Ohio. PRR Class EF45.

Riding a Pitcairn local, an eastbound headed by an EP40 passes us.

A view from an excrsion train is captured by John's camera, out on the mainline enroute to Pittsburgh. John rode a fantrip from Massillon, OH to Pittsburgh before riding the Pittsburgh & Shawmut ... (more)

A view from an excursion train is captured by John's camera, somewhere out on the mainline south of Conway, PA.

The ill-fated Aerotrain crosses the Rockville bridge in what is believed to be early 1956, enroute to Pittsburgh, PA.

The ill-fated Aerotrain leaves the station enroute to Pittsburgh, The train began running on the PRR in February, 1956 and continued for nine months.

Bennett Levin's PRR E8s lead an afternoon excursion trip around famed Horseshoe Curve. Later in that day, they would head more)

Former Pennsylvania GG1 4931 leads a southbound SCL Florida train just a few months after the PC merger. The substantial Nassau tower was built in 1944.

I'm not sure if I ever found the legendary DD1, but nearly 50 years later, settling for a well-worn B1 doesn't seem like bad luck at all!

A pair of Pennsy (PC) SD45s lean into Horseshoe Curve with a westbound manifest. Kodachrome original.

So much has changed here since PRR (Penn Central) E-44 "Brick" 4435 rolled auto racks northward at Adams Station. The freight motors, the freight trains, the open fields, even the auto assembly pl... (more)

PRR I1sa #4678 was a 1923 product of BLW, retired in 10/56 (source: Keystone Crossings). John had an escort from the PRR Police to roam the property for these shots. This is one of 16 photos tak... (more)

Deep into the East Altoona pit, J1a 6432 waits for work. It was officially retired in April 1958 (source: Keystone Crossings). John had an escort from the PRR Police to roam the property for the... (more)