Heber Valley's ex-Great Western GP9 (Union Pacific 296, built 1954) is coupled to Pan Am heritage units MEC 52 and BM 77 outside the shop door at Heber City. The original GW orange paint has faded... (more)

Three dusty E-44s are northbound at Aberdeen; the 3rd unit apparently dead-in-tow.

A Gettysburg Railroad RS-36 and a chop-nose Geep sit out the weekend near the college grounds. No. 70 was built as the NKP 870 in 1962, and was later renumbered to 2870 by the NW. Alco built onl... (more)

Three well-worn Penn Central GG-1s lead two Deepwater Green bay-window cabooses west on a muggy Memorial Day weekend.

PRR K4s No. 1361 has brought a short train of three cars down from Altoona, and is running around its train for the return trip. By this time, the position light signals were gone, but the high i... (more)

A late Claytor-era eastbound Broadway Limited is switching onto the platform track at Lancaster. A lot has changed here in 25+ years; the two center "mainline" tracks are gone, the iron... (more)

The re-erection of Conrail's LEMO Tower at Strasburg. LEMO (or J-Tower) is one of only two surviving Victorian Era two-story wooden PRR signal towers; the other being SHORE Tower in North Philly.... (more)

The National Limited is westbound to Harrisburg for an engine change to diesels on its daily run to Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City. At KC, a through-sleeper was sw... (more)

Mid-July saw some cosmetic work on the NKP 757, in anticipation of its move to Bellevue, Ohio.

CR 4851 West rolls through Port Interlocking, passing the eastbound air-operated switch to the Columbia & Port Deposit Branch. The 4851 was built in June, 1935. Photo date is approximate.

Only 25 "POOCHes" were built by GE and all were scrapped, but here's two in their heyday heading up a 1978 Lancaster Chapter NRHS fall foliage excursion, westbound at Kittanning Point.

Pan view of No. 90, illustrating the see-through effect on a typical Decapod, with its firebox and boiler located well above the frame. Today, this location is occupied by the "Cherry Crest ... (more)

The doubleheaded 765 and 1225 negotiate the crossovers at Milton, on their way to Hinton during the 1991 NRHS Convention. The fans in the open-window coaches are getting an earful.

In its last year of operation, Pennsy D16sb No. 1223 runs around its mixed freight, in a view from J-Tower. Photo taken by my wife; conductor was the late H. Fox, guarding the now-gone pedestrian... (more)

The 611 under the wires, on what was once the PRR's No. 1 Track at Leaman Place.