Reading T-1 No. 2102 is pulling a "shopper's special" from South Hamburg to Philadelphia, passing through the city of its birth. Hopefully, we will soon see this locomotive back in stea... (more)

An EMD-Alco-GE lashup heads east near COLA Tower, passing under the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge. The 2nd unit, an RS-11, was built for the PRR in 1957. The 3rd unit is a U23B, built for the PC ... (more)

Tripleheaded GG-1s in 1977. Lead unit No. 4802 was built by GE in May, 1935.

Two ancient GG-1s with a bay-window caboose right behind their drawbars haul a manifest up the center freight track. No. 4811 was built by General Electric in July, 1935.

GG-1s 4870 and 4885 begin their trek down the Port Road. Tri-X Pan film, ASA 400.

A GE B36-7 with a battered nose has uncoupled the first 10 cars of its train, preparing to make a set-off. This engine was built by GE for Conrail in December, 1983; one of 60 on CR's roster, 500... (more)

The 4835 and 4868 are hauling an eastbound manifest through Columbia as their engineer yanks the horn cord for Walnut and Locust Streets. The silver piping in the foreground carried compressed ai... (more)

The awesome Class A at Attica Junction, banging across the old B&O diamond, where PRR J1 2-10-4s once trod. The train is headed from Bellevue to the Ohio State Fair in Columbus via the old PRR Sa... (more)

N&W 475, sporting a new look with a centered headlight and footboards, blasts up the hill toward Strasburg

Conrail Class N-21 caboose No. 21243 brings up the rear of a westbound manifest east of Newport, in the beautiful Juniata River Valley. Conrail ordered 113 N-21s from the Fruit Growers Express Co... (more)

Three engines in steam today at the Strasburg, with their crews posing by the pilots. The occasion was the meeting in Strasburg of the HeritageRail Alliance.

In the last year of GG1-powered freight operations, the 4886 rolls south along the driftwood-littered Port Road. No. 4886 was built for the PRR in March of 1939 by Altoona-GE, 40 years prior to t... (more)

Charlottesville, in the news lately for reasons other than railroading, is recalled in this 1978 photo of a Superpower steam visitor from Texas. I just happened upon the scene after leaving Monti... (more)

The only preserved Metroliner in its original configuration- PRR class MPC85E5, weighing in at 165,094#. Its rear door is also ajar; perhaps to allow air to circulate?

A typical 1980s Lancaster Chapter NRHS "Daisy-Picker Special," with chapter train crew members ready to board a Baltimore-bound train led by an E-60. Passengers were treated to a one-wa... (more)