An EMD SW1 has removed the HEP (head-end power) car from the Broadway Limited and is preparing to position it for the next morning's eastbound run, to be pulled by GG-1 No. 4913, at the left of th... (more)

For lack of a better name I guess you could call it Conrail crud, sort of a mix of road dirt and some kind of greenish fungus that splotched up older units. It looked contagious. This ex-PRR uni... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s 4913-4912 have just brought the Broadway Limited in from New York. The crew is preparing to uncouple the locomotives for their trip to the motor track and couple up the diesels... (more)

Making the first of its pair of Susquehanna River crossings in the Harrisburg area as it heads for Enola

Calm Morning

An extra Shire Oaks empty coal train with CSX power waits over the Susquehanna while an NS intermodal starts it's journey west on a pleasant Summer morning. Although it ... (more)

Sometimes you're just in the right place at the right time... A York Haven coal train (NS V682) with CSX power waits over the Susquehanna while an NS intermodal starts it's journey west on a pleas... (more)

While the Amtrak Veterans Unit, ACS-64 642 awaits a noon departure from Harrisburg with Keystone train 650, Norfolk Southern's 64K rumbles through CP Paxton hauling ethanol loads eastward behind a... (more)

After coming off the fuel pad in Harrisburg, the 21M eases onto the Rockville Bridge across the Susquehanna River.

As seen from about 130 feet in the air, 20K crosses the Rockville Bridge with Norfolk Southern 8098 in the consist.

These Jets are Grounded

New Haven’s ten 1954 General Electric EP5 rectifier electric locomotives had extremely loud blowers, earning them the moniker “jets”. With their slee... (more)

The less-photographed "B" end of one of EMD-ASEA's "stealth" electrics awaiting its next assignment near the Mulberry Street bridge. The dwarf signal set at "stop" w... (more)

Sunset literally and figuratively for GG-1s on the Broadway Limited, as the doubleheaded 4913 and 4912 are being prepared to be cut off for a trip to the motor track by Harris Tower. Note the fue... (more)

Train 12R inches across the bridge that takes them across the Susquehanna River and into downtown Harrisburg PA.

NS 67xx leads a eastbound tank train at Cove PA

The 4935 has just uncoupled from the westbound Broadway Limited and is preparing to switch onto the "motor track" for tomorrow morning's eastbound run to New York. No. 4935 was built by... (more)