As soon as a Reading-bound train departed the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, it had to cross the Lehigh River on the former Jersey Central bridge. Here a Conrail manifest gets under way on a bri... (more)

A Pair of Classics

It was unusual for foreign power to visit Conrail’s yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but it was almost unheard of to see a caboose from a distant railroad to v... (more)

A Conrail SD38/MT6 yard set moves a Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England NW2 around the yard an Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Bethlehem Steel switcher is most likely being sent out for heavy mai... (more)

A run past the yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania turned up a Baltimore & Ohio GP9, partially obscured by a Conrail N8 caboose.

Run-through Conrail power visits the Canadian Pacific Toronto engine terminal in Agincourt, Ontario. CP 5003 is one of only 24 GP35’s on the CP roster, and 26 in all of Canada. Coupled behind it... (more)

Two M636’s, an RS18, and an SD40 thread the lead to the servicing tracks at the Canadian Pacific engine terminal at Agincourt, Ontario.

A CP Rail M630 leads an M630/SD40/GP35/M640 lineup at the engine terminal at Agincourt, Ontario.

One of a Kind A visit to Canadian Pacific’s Toronto Yard in Agincourt, Ontario brought my only encounter with the one and only MLW M640. This 4000-horsepower monster, by 1971 standards, ... (more)

The Chicago & North Western ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan, seems to have been divided int a load arrival yard on the left, and an empty departure yard on the right, The C628 on the left has just ... (more)

An ore train has pulled through the yard at Escanaba, Michigan, and the crew is about to cut off the power. Later, another crew will board the three 628’s to take a train of empty ore jennies to... (more)

A trainload of ore from Ishpeming, Michigan is working its way through the yard at Escanaba. The green cab on the lead C628 makes it a more attractive unit than its sisters.

Arriving at Escanaba, Michigan, three Chicago & North Western C628’s have a trainload of iron ore from Ishpeming. Here the ore will be transloaded to an ore boat on Lake Michigan.

During the 1981 Cass Railfan Weekend, Shays 4 and 3 execute a runby. I believe that this was on the tail of the upper switchback, near Whittaker Station.

A few weeks ago, Mitch Goldman posted a photo of the restored Baltimore & Ohio station in Oakland, Maryland. Coincidentally,... (more)

Bessemer & Lake Erie’s Western Allegheny job reaches its “interchange” with the B&LE main line at Queen Junction, Pennsylvania. The four-track yard indicates the large amount of coal that th... (more)