An eastbound Conrail coal train patiently waits at Banks Interlocking for traffic to clear so it can enter Enola Yard. A westbound empty coal train is getting out of the way.

Two friends and I took a long weekend trip to Mingo Junction, Ohio in search of six-axle Alco Centuries. We found a lot of our desired quarry was in the engine terminal, but very little on active ... (more)

Shortly after Conrail’s formation, the Mingo Junction/Wierton area was celebrated as a stronghold for Alco Centuries in ore service. It was also a good place to see first generation power, like ... (more)

A set of Conrail light engines crosses the Schuylkill Arsenal bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The one-time swing bridge, which connects the University City and Grays Ferry sectio... (more)

Pier 78 was one of the locations on the Philadelphia waterfront that was jointly served by both CP and Conrail. Here a Conrail GP38 switches the pier.

A southbound freight has come off of the high line freight bypass of 30th Street station, and is now heading south on the Northeast Corridor. Seen here passing under the competing B&O Philadelphia... (more)

A GP38-2 and four ex-Reading pups have brought the weekend freight up the North Penn branch into Lansdale from Philadelphia. The power pauses by the Lansdale station before grabbing its train for ... (more)

A coal train makes its way south on the Northeast Corridor as it crosses the Bush River at Edgewood, Maryland. Less than nine months later, a catastrophic head-on collision that killed 14 would oc... (more)

A trainload of coal, possibly bound for Chalk Point generating station in Maryland, has travelled down the Port Road from Enola, and will continue down the Northeast Corridor. A GP38-2 and an SD40... (more)

Reunited – These two RS11’s began life as PRR 8652 and 8644, respectively. In 1964, The Pennsy leased the 8644 and seven other mates to the PRR-controlled Lehigh Valley. Two were returned, and... (more)

Westbound empties and eastbound loads meet on former Reading trackage.

The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke) is seen near the end of its operating days traveling eastbound near COLA Tower. This locomotive was built in November, 1956 as a VGN Class EL-C, ... (more)

A pair of GP38-2's lead a drag of eastbound empties through the former Lehigh Valley passenger station in Easton, PA. To the left is Easton tower, which controlled the LV main line between South P... (more)

Pan view of ex-PRR N8 "cabin car" 23370 trailing an SCL boxcar southbound toward Baltimore. The white dot after the road number signified that the caboose had a frame of sufficient stre... (more)

Still lettered "Rio Grande" for a special steam charter trip earlier in the week, C&TS K36 484 leads a long 11-car train 215 west out of Chama with caboose 0306 on the rear. For the nex... (more)