A pair of engines wait in the helper pit at Altoona. The F3a is a PRR Class EF15 and the close unit is a Baldwin Passenger Shark BP20 Number 5777, with a BLW designation DR-12-8-3000.
The PRR St. Clair Ave. roundhouse was like railfan Disneyland in the mid '50's. Steam, exotic diesels, even imported Santa Fe 2-10-4's, and the fuel tanks they required since they were oil burner... (more)
Another scene for the modelers in the audience, as PRR Class L1s #1685 waits with a cut of cars, the Renovo shop buildings in the distance. The spotlight-equipped '51 Plymouth might have been a c... (more)