The yard at 30th Street Station was easily photographable from a rooftop parking lot. Simply pay to park you car and watch for action. Note the Penn Central Baldwin RS12 switching cars behind.

An Eastbound D&H train rolls thru the Canisteo Valley on a foggy fall morning.

Conrail's E44's were the backbone of the electric freight operations. 4465 and 4417 were serviced and ready to take out the next train.

Very first GG1 with the original riveted body. Locomotive was only one painted in the blue Conrail scheme.

Bicentennial GG1! Our country's bicentennial was celebrated in many ways including railroad locomotives of all types painted red, white and blue. This GG1 was one of the more gaudy locomotives p... (more)

An eastbound Amtrak train with PC 4935 passes through North Rahway station. Eight months later 4935 would be painted back into Brunswick Green with 5 gold stripes by the Friends of the GG-1 (FOGG... (more)

Westbound through Bay City on a golden evening.

When the Middlesex detector reported the passage of two trains moments apart I wondered which would show up at my location first. Conrail MA-1 won the "race" handily with one very clean Conrail Q... (more)

Three of the Nickel Plate’s classy Berkshire locomotives sit out their final days at Bellevue yard before their inevitable dates with the cutting torches. James Lennon photo. Barry Lennon coll... (more)

The B&O Memnon No. 57: The Memmon was built in 1848 by the New Castle Manufacturing Company in Delaware on a sub-contract from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, B&O #57 entered service in July... (more)

The B&O Tom Thumb Replica: Designed in 1830, this engine successfully won the B&O Railroad over to steam. Prior to that, the railroad's horsepower was just that... horse powered. The orig... (more)

Central Railroad of New Jersey #592. From the front, she looked like many other fine steam engines but a look to the side Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: Steam 4-4-2
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 592
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 2010

The CNJ #1000 - so much more then meets the eye:
A photo that deserves a thousand words and more, this box cab was of American Locomotive / General Electric / Ingersoll Rand construction... (more)

Reading T-1 2124 has been cut off from the Iron Horse Ramble as 2100 takes over for the run to Gettysburg. The direct broadside was shot from the open coach window during the engine change.