A below-the-rails look at PRR K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918,) which has just made an unscheduled maintenance stop. "A simple engine with marine cylinders- with equally abundant steaming capaci... (more)

A pair of GG-1s switching tracks near the east end of Enola Yard. Note the wooden cat poles. The 4887 was built in April, 1939.

Heading out the old B&O Mountain Sub behind CSX A-B-A F-Units and two MARC Geeps bracketing another F-Unit. The special traversed the Seventeen Mile, Cranberry, Cheat River, and Newburg Grades, t... (more)

Got it! The engineer of an eastbound E33-powered freight grabs orders from the operator at COLA. The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke, VA) is near the end of its operating days, with... (more)

Two Conrail-blue E44s lead a mineral train westbound at the bend in River Road at the south end of the "Boro." Conrail had just finished rebuilding their Enola Branch at that time; note ... (more)

The new and old at Enola; a 5-year old GP38 leads a 23-year old GP7 into the yard. This was a day when three young railfans parked by the yard office, asked the secretaries inside if we could see... (more)

The first excursion of the restored PRR K4s No. 1361 is briefly bathed in sunlight, as it heads back to Tyrone and Altoona. The engine turned on the Bellefonte wye while excursionists enjoyed a b... (more)

The re-erection of Conrail's LEMO tower at Strasburg in 1985, with my wife, daughter, and sister-in-law posed for a sense of scale; it's a huge building. The tower was cut into seven pieces for h... (more)

The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke) is seen near the end of its operating days traveling eastbound near COLA Tower. This locomotive was built in November, 1956 as a VGN Class EL-C, ... (more)

Pan view of two E-44s passing the now-vintage cars in the parking lot of Washington Boro United Methodist Church- back when you could actually see the area called Long Level across the river.

Amtrak's recent policy change on hauling private cars did not affect the "Fire Up 611's" recent round-trip from DC to Savannah, because the car was added at the beginning of the run or a... (more)

The "Clinchfield 676" at dawn on the Friday of the 50th anniversary Santa Claus Special weekend. Two items were on the agenda- fix the twisted running board (above the fireman's side fro... (more)

One of the great Reading Class T-1s romps through the Lebanon Valley in this scene from a slide scanned from the collection of the late Hen Westenberger. This appears to be the "Reading Ramb... (more)

The CR 4838 East's engineer lays on the horn for the multiple grade crossings in this area. The GG-1's single-chime Leslie A-200 horn was an impressive device, audible from great distances. I li... (more)

What's now Amtrak's Metroliner Conference Car No. 9800 is seen here in its operating days rocketing past the half-hour Strasburg steam train power of the mid/late 80s. It was built by Budd as sna... (more)