A smoky haze from Canadian wildfires has descended upon the town of Jim Thorpe as the 3:00 p.m. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway excursion departs. The 2102 had been open for cab tours, and will soon ... (more)

The NKP 765 is ready to head up and over Penobscot Mountain on the return trip to Bethlehem.

The Big Boy's crew goes about its business as UTA No. 1 powers a FrontRunner commuter train above UP SD70AH No. 8937

The CR 4850 East is about to pass the Turkey Hill watchbox, on its way to Parkesburg and beyond. The 4850 was one of the last Conrail freight Gs with PRR-style yellow side numerals in Roman Serif... (more)

An ex-Monongahela Railway Baldwin S12 smokes it up as our mixed freight to Mt. Holly Springs pauses briefly for switching duties.

Three elephant-style F-Units are heading to Hagerstown on the old Western Maryland Railway's Altenwald Cutoff. It's left-hand running here in 1992, with eastward Rutherford-bound loads assigned t... (more)

The 952 is wheeling 16 cars southbound on No. 3, passing the construction site of the new Chelsea Road overpass, which is being built to eliminate the Michaelsville Road grade crossing. The consi... (more)

Ex-Reading GP30s smoke up the still-energized catenary as they head toward Perryville, MD and beyond. The 2186 was built by EMD for the Reading Lines as their No. 5518 in July, 1962, and would ev... (more)

Two E-44s lead a southbound manifest through Bush Interlocking, on their way to Baltimore or possibly Potomac Yard, Virginia. Lead unit No. 4415 was built by GE for the PRR in July, 1961, and wou... (more)

A pair of dusty E-33s are slowing their intermodal train to negotiate the switch from the Enola Branch to the Port Road. No. 4609 was built by GE for the Virginian Railway in January, 1957 as the... (more)

Hurricane Eloise's flooding of the Harrisburg substation has displaced the usual GG-1 on Train 30 with an A-B-B set of E-Units under the wires.

GG-1 No. 901 (Altoona / Westinghouse, April, 1940) is leading the National Limited westbound to its next stop in Harrisburg, in this scene from the summer of 1976. Note the PRR 152-lb jointed rai... (more)

Two of Alco's finest, eastbound on the 1.14% Wasatch Grade at Castle Rock.

The engineer of the NS local freight is about to board her train for the return trip to Manheim and Lancaster. No. 5657 was built by EMD for the Penn Central as their No. 7886 in February of 1971... (more)

A northbound Conrail mineral train meets a DC-bound AEM-7 on the 1913-built Bush River Bridge.