My father and I took a trip to Brown Yard to get one of two remaining EP-5s in operation for Conrail. We found EP-5 #4973 all right, but seeing both pantographs down was not a good sign. #4973 h... (more)
Early Conrail action at Waverly 5 Tower. Two former PC/PRR GP9s still in full PC paint lead a former PC/NYC U25B in fresh blue paint. This was a busy place in the early days of Conrail with seve... (more)
Conrail Blue E-44 #4423 leads E-44 #4430 and EMD GM10B #4976 on a freight entering the Northeast Corridor at Lane Tower. In the background, an Amtrak train can be seen that has just passed over t... (more)
The Pennsy built flyovers in several places to enable freights to cross into the center tracks of the Northeast Corridor without blocking the outside tracks. One such place is Lane tower, where t... (more)
Two PC EP-5s made it to Conrail, but they lasted less than a year in operation. My father and I took a trip to Brown yard to photograph #4973, but unfortunately it had failed on this day, and GP-... (more)