Look what I brought from Altoona!

The conductor prepares to climb off of brand new Conrail C40-8W 6064 as it approaches the eastbound receiving yard throat to Enola Pennsylvania. T... (more)

GP 10’s and U23B’s were common yard power at Conrail’s Enola yard. Seeing them paired with each other was a little more unusual.

The Ringling Brothers circus train rolls east on the former Reading main line at Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.

“Big Blue's Newest”
Detail of CR C39-8 6007, temporarily assigned to static display on Track 10 at the Harrisburg Transportation Center during the dedication of PRR GG1 4859 on Novem... (more)

The Ringling Brothers circus train (I don’t recall which unit) threads its way through the crossovers at Wyomissing Junction, Pennsylvania. The train is headed for the Reading Belt line via Vall... (more)

The Ringling Brothers circus train began its day in Philadelphia, and is now getting ready to proceed west from Altoona. Two GP40-2’s have been adequate to get the train to Altoona, but now an S... (more)

A westbound empty hopper train charges past Conrail’s Juniata shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The helpers for the grade to Gallitzin haven’t yet been added, but I’m sure that the C36-7/SD40 ... (more)

An eclectic mix of Conrail power prepares to leave Allentown yard with a westbound train. The lashup includes a C36-7, an SD50, a U36B originally built for Auto Train, an SD38, and an MT6 slug. Th... (more)

A TV intermodal train makes a brief stop at Collinwood Yard on Cleveland's east side for a crew change and fuel stop. This Chicago originated train is headed for either the greater New York area o... (more)

A westbound Conrail train with two ex-Lehigh & Hudson River C420’s accelerates into the long tangent at Treichlers, Pennsylvania. The siding to the left has a nice assortment of 40-foot box cars... (more)

A pair of Conrail locomotives pass the ex-Reading water tank on the old Bethlehem Branch at Sellersville, Pa.

Two Penn Central E-44s with sand-encrusted trucks pull a westbound mineral train into the setting sun along the Enola Branch.

Amtrak’s westbound Lake Shore Limited flies through New Carlisle, Indiana, at 1:57 p.m. on the afternoon of February 25, 1990. Freshly-painted Conrail GE B23-7 No. 2020 normally hauls freight, b... (more)

SD50 6834 leads GE C40-8, SD50 and SD40-2 Westbound. This was the last SD50 Conrail received in its final two orders (6780-6834) with larger 4,500 gallon tanks, one of the largest fuel tanks EMD m... (more)

A coal train lead by two of Conrail's unique C30-7A sits waiting for clearance to go from the Pittsburgh Line through Wing Interlocking to take the Port Perry Branch and head south down the Mon Li... (more)