This was one of the last steam fan trips to run on the NY&LB. For this photo runby, the fireman was requested to make smoke. He did!
K4s 5391 simmers at Trenton as a Diesel-Electric awaits a call on the house track. A closeup view of the scan reveals the railcar to be either #4663 or #4668. These had 2 Westinghouse traction mo... (more)
K4s 5391 is hostled into position to take a passenger train.
An Engineman surveys the situation during a station stop. According to the PRRTHS, the last Class E6s 4-4-2 #5218 was retired in November of '53. However, John D. saw É6s' running on the PRSL ... (more)
Backside, er, frontside, view of the 8800 shows the relation of the sanding pit to the depot.
Pennsy cabins in the foreground, 8801 pulling a cut of cars out of the yard near at the depot in Trenton. The followup shot is seen Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: EMD GP7Location: Trenton, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: PRR 8801Train ID: switchPhoto Date: December 12, 1952
It must be a mild December day as the clothes are out on the line to dry...8801 worked with 8800 in the coachyar... (more)
PRR freightyard scene in Trenton reveals lots of fallen flags.
This is most likely PRR train #1077, the "Nellie Bly" which ran from New York to Atlantic City in 2 hrs and 45 min and would have received an engine change here from a GG1 to the K4s. For sure, t... (more)
Only a year old, PRR 8800 is assigned the passenger coachyard duties at Trenton. PRR Class ES15.
Here's another view of expermental Pennsy power lugging freight under the wires at Elizabeth.
An immaculate GG-1 leads a westbound train by the platform at Elizabeth on Valentines Day '53.
In another time and dimension... The Standard Railroad of the World continues to service commuters with a little help from Bennett Levin, as seen here in Philadelphia, headquarters of the... (more)
1957 Last year the K-4's ran.
