HS 59 passes Sunday's Feed Mill en-route to Carlisle

We awoke today to an ice storm, and the lead engine of HS12 is about to encounter ice covered tree branches. The conditions today were so bad that HS12 had 2 GP38-2s and a GP40-2 for power.

A very quiet late Sunday afternoon at the Norfolk Southern Shiremanstown Yard, west of Harrisburg on the old Cumberland Valley mainline.

With PC GP30 2228 and N&W SD40 1589.

Conductor braves the -4F windchill as local creeps up to switch that he'll have to throw before they can continue their westbound journey

NS OCS passes through the Pennsylvania countryside enroute to North Carolina.

I heard it long before I saw it. NS local comes out of the fog towards the Purina Mills plant

PRR 3583 is shoving a train at Hagerstown. Hagerstown was the first stop of a three-day railfan safari to end the year 1956 with his longtime railfan friend, the late Bill Rosenberg. PRR Class L... (more)

The twilight of steam on the PRR is captured south of the Mason-Dixon line. PRR Class L1s.

The same power as seen in this photo pulls a cut of cars past Hager tower. According to railpictures.net member R... (more)

PRR 3583 gets topped off at the coal chute. PRR Class L1s.

Mikado 546 simmers in the yard at Hagerstown. Soon it's fire would be dropped for the last time. If you look closely to the right edge you can see Hager Tower. PRR Class L1s.

Among the Pennsy power under steam at the end of 1956 was Altoona-built Class L1 Mikado 546 working the yard in front of a wooden cabin at Hagerstown. It was built in 1916. Only one of this type... (more)

John gets another stare-down from the crew on this yard job. Note the lineup of power in the distance including what appears to be an articulated steamer. PRR Class L1s.

NS M/W worker cuts continuous rail with a blowtorch as NS lays continuous rail on the Shippensburg secondary