Since it is almost Christmas, I thought I would share a couple Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives that Baldwin built. This Decapod, Pennsy 4300 was built around 1922 by Baldwin Locomotive Wo... (more)

Strafford Station - This station at Strafford, Pennsylvania, is one of the few buildings that survives from the 1876 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, the date it was built. After the exposi... (more)

Devon Station - This station, located in Devon, Pennsylvania, is along the former PRR mainline between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, now part of Amtrak's "Keystone Corridor". It was built by the P... (more)

SEPTA's Roesmont Station - built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1892, replacing an earlier 1863 built station. The station was heavily modified in 1983 when a real estate broker's office became ... (more)

A SD-40 and SD-45 are shoving hard on the tail end of a westbound freight as it grinds its way up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies.

Paoli Reprieve

Paoli station was... and still is, a one-story tan brick building that was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1953 at a cost of $140,000. It replaced an Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Depot
Location: Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 01, 2019

Wayne station - built by the Pennsylvania Railroad way back in 1882, this station sits 14.5 miles west of Philadelphia, PA and is located long the former PRR mainline between Harrisburg, PA, and P... (more)

PRR 5989 leads the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Santa Train south out of Jackson.

In 1977, as the GG1 era was coming to an end in the Northeast, Amtrak 4935 was repainted into its original Pennsylvania Railroad pinstripe scheme as a salute to the classic motors. It led a northb... (more)

Haverford Station - inbound side.

This two story brick and concrete station was built by the PRR in 1916 and sits on the eastbound side of the track. Oddly it compliments a surviving earlier,... (more)

A rare glimpse of some less oft seen museum pieces:

Early one morning back in October of 2019, I took a ride to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania for a visit. The Museum was not y... (more)

Pennsy power, down by the Strasburg enginehouse in the fall of 1986 with the 1223 and 7002 getting ready to doublehead. The 1223 debuted on the Strasburg in 1965 and was retired in 1989. The 700... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad's original 1864 built outbound station in Merion, PA. This station is owned by Amtrak, served by SEPTA and leased to the United States Post Office. Merion is often... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad's 1914 built inbound side station in Merion, PA. The station was rebuilt in 1995, received additional renovations in late 2007 and is designated historic building.... (more)

The world's only preserved EMD E7, PRR Class EP-20 (Electro-Motive, Passenger, 2,000 HP) No. 5901 at the RR Museum of PA in 1990. This locomotive and its sister No. 5900 were built in September 1... (more)