The fireman's long locks are catching the breeze as a westbound manifest parallels Water Street on the Enola Branch. Conrail is in its 2nd month, and the grimy Penn Central freight electrics only... (more)

Two E44s dressed in Conrail Blue are long-hood forward, westbound on the Enola Branch. Note the welded rail aside No. 1 Track, ready for installation. No. 4419 was built by GE for the PRR in Sep... (more)

A pair of dusty E-33s are slowing their intermodal train to negotiate the switch from the Enola Branch to the Port Road. No. 4609 was built by GE for the Virginian Railway in January, 1957 as the... (more)

A Port Road coal train shot on Kodak Tri-X Pan film, using a 135 mm telephoto lens. No. 2806 was built by GE in October, 1977.

Spring has come to the Susquehanna River Valley with migratory birds visible on the islands and Conrail starting to rebuild its Enola Branch. The 4806, built by GE in June of 1935, is eastbound a... (more)

A westbound manifest with a pair of dusty Penn Central E-44s is passing the eastbound switch to Conrail's Columbia & Port Deposit Branch. Trains still head down the "Port Road" here, bu... (more)

Two E-44s, still in their Penn Central paint scheme, lead an eastbound mineral train through Port Interlocking. The 4409 was built by GE for the PRR in April, 1961.

Two "Hoovers" (they sounded like giant vacuum cleaners) power a westbound mineral train in the summer of 1978, during the rebuilding of the Enola Branch. Note the old stick rail between... (more)

Ex-Reading GP30s smoke up the still-energized catenary as they head toward Perryville, MD and beyond. The 2186 was built by EMD for the Reading Lines as their No. 5518 in July, 1962, and would ev... (more)

Tripleheaded E-33s are slowing to negotiate the eastbound switch at Port Interlocking. The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke) is leading; this locomotive was built in November, 1956 as... (more)

An ice-jam on the Susquehanna River has the 4411 stopped in its tracks, waiting for the bulldozers ahead to clear the Port Road. Lake Clarke (the lake behind Safe Harbor Dam) has been turned into... (more)

A below-the-rails view of the eastbound 4806 at the crossing to the boat access ramp at the foot of Penn Street. Train speed here was about 30-35 mph, with Port Interlocking about 1 mile to the e... (more)

Conrail is in the midst of rebuilding their Enola Branch as one of their relatively rare diesels set up for long-hood forward operation leads a train west through Port Interlocking. The 2757 was ... (more)

An ex-Penn Central SD45 leads an eastbound manifest up the grade out of the Susquehanna Valley. This unit was built for the PRR in January, 1968, and later spent time on the CNW and the Eastern I... (more)

Westbound tripleheaded E44s climb the grade off the Port Road to switch onto the Enola Branch. Today, the Enola Branch is gone east of here, and a public rail trail parking area is located about ... (more)