Lots of 4 axle power idles thru the night at the Cresson service area.

The Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station abounds with Amtrak power this evening. Heritage Phase IV Engine #184 and Engine 18 wait for there respective duties on Sunday Morning. These trains will depa... (more)

The Ex DSS&A line from Trout Lake to St. Ignace and the Chief Wawatum connection was never long on traffic after the 60's. Service was mostly a trip a week or so in the early to mid 70's. That all... (more)

Conrail SD60M No. 5500 was undergoing servicing at their engine terminal in Selkirk, NY on Sept. 19, 1994.

Workin' the Barge - This is a view from the deck of the AML Barge Fairbanks Provider which is tied up in Whittier at the ship. This view looks off the stern across the recently upgraded sl... (more)

Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint trundle back north through the yard after yarding the first third of their 6015 ft. The empty yard squeezed ha... (more)

CNW 6583,6582 bounce over the BN's Chicago-Twin Cities main at Grand Crossing with a late evening westbound using Milwaukee Road trackage rights from Tunnel City to Winona. The CNW bought a large ... (more)

There is very little doubt where the serious climb up Washington Hill begins in Pittsfield, MA. The first train of the day, on June 11, 1987, was eastbound Conrail TV6X powered by two C30-7As and... (more)

Former Reading unit; acquired by the D&H at the formation of Conrail

Conrail was just eleven days old and very little had appeared to change on April, 11, 1976 as two former Reading GP30s finished humping a cut of cars at the former Reading yard in Rutherford, PA.

BN 2200,725,1768 have paused at Lyle with train 182. The train is making a set out of a few cars along with GP9 1768 to be used on the branch line toward Klickitat and Goldendale. The station in i... (more)

Three SCL SD45s at Spartanburg, SC || May 1973

Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)

3 NP SD45's are on the former SP&S at Scribner, WA shortly after the merger to BN. These units have not been renumbered.

Although it felt like every train I shot on my Pacific Northwest trip in June 1979 was under cloud cover, it didn't always work out that way.(unless an Alco was on the point-) Here BN 6492,6555 bl... (more)