On a hazy summer morning two years before Amtrak, Penn Central train 81 between New York and Albany comes off the Harlem River lift bridge and enters the Bronx behind an ancient-looking P2b electr... (more)

In Amtrak's first summer, Penn Central P2b class electrics built in 1929 and 1930 for the Cleveland Union terminal electrification still powered Empire Service trains south of Croton-Harmon. This ... (more)

Penn Central FA1 1333, formerly New Haven 0428, was one of PC's last four active Alco cab units along with three ex-NH mates, and it worked in home territory until the end. Minimally repainted in ... (more)

When New York Central 41788 was built in the Despatch Shops at East Rochester, New York and began service in 1956 it was used as an automobile hauler before today’s multi-level auto racks were f... (more)

Jersey Arrow II cars still lettered for Penn Central have just exited the Hudson River Tubes minutes after departing Penn Station. 70 Arrow II cars were built by General Electric in 1974.

Shortly after Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, several NH RDCs received this quickie patch paint job in which the NH heralds on the ends of the cars were obliterated with a swath of PC gr... (more)

Hot traction motors meeting cold snow makes a burst of steam as an eastbound Penn Central freight enters snow-covered Selkirk Yard on the day after a major storm. The power is an F7/GP35/SD40 mix.

On the day after a major snowstorm, a westbound Penn Central freight slowly makes its way out of Selkirk Yard past some of the snow removal equipment that helped keep things open. A lashup of two ... (more)

Penn Central train NHSE gets underway out of Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT, on its way to Selkirk via Springfield, MA, behind a minimally repainted pair of ex-New Haven diesels, a Century 425 a... (more)

A NY&LB train is southbound thru North Elizabeth with PC4876 on the point. The station shelter and milepost are relics from the Pennsylvania RR era. Date is approximate.

Arrow II MU's rest between runs at South Amboy. 70 Arrow II's were built by GE in 1974.

Penn Central 4876 rests between runs at South Amboy. This was one of the thirteen GG-1's assigned to and leased by New Jersey Transit, and operated until 1983. 4876 is well known for being the loc... (more)

Paoli, 1975- a mixture of Deepwater Green Penn Central and Tuscan Red PRR MP54 MU cars are trundling into Paoli Yard. Bringing up the rear is Wilmington-rebuilt (1950-53) ex-PRR no. 508. Today, ... (more)

The late afternoon sun is making the engineer squint as a set of former New Haven "Washboard" MUs makes the station stop at Old Greenwich, CT, while running as a Penn Central Stamford-Gr... (more)

Within a couple days of Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, PC began running GG1s in former NH electric territory between Penn Station and New Haven, CT. Two generations of electrics met as ... (more)