The crew takes an opportunity to confer as Penn Central train BL-1 waits for the signal to proceed onto the Midland line at Readville, MA. Train BL-1, running between Boston and Lowell, MA, via Wa... (more)
After getting dropped off from my cab ride, I continued with my father for one last shot of this PC local before returning to Geneva for activity on the Lehigh Valley. This is my shot of the loca... (more)
Penn Central power is gathered between runs at their Chicago 56th St. Yard on a cool January day a few months prior to the birth of Conrail. GP40 no. 3250 was of New York Central origins, while SD... (more)
Penn Central GG1 4887 blows through Odenton, Maryland with a southbound Amtrak train. In just over four months, the big motor will have pulled its last intercity passenger train, ending up on Conr... (more)
A TOFC train descends the eastern slope of the Alleghenies behind a U33C/C-636/GP-35 lashup.
A PC passenger train drifts downgrade around Horseshoe Curve on a hot and hazy summer day.
An original 35mm negative from my collection; the photographer was not specified.
In the endless parade of trains around Horseshoe Curve another westbound freight grinds up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies with an SD-45 and SD-40 shoving hard on the cabin car.
The SD-45 and C-636 are in notch 8 as they shove a freight up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies. The open cab windows and doors provide little relief for the pusher crew from the cloud of exhau... (more)
The New York Central had 16 Lima 1200 H.P. road switchers. Two were rebuilt with EMD 1200 H.P. 12-567C engines in 1957. The 8062 and 8063 made it into the Penn Central era.
Two GP-40's have a very short train in tow as they clatter across the diamond with the CN's Valleyfield Sub.
Penn Central E44s and a train stuck in the Assunpink Creek flooding of 1975. The USGS investigation of the flooding can be found here... (more)