PC was mired in red ink almost from the start and the huge fleet of motive power from just about every builder that ever assembled a locomotive probably did little to help the situation. Power tha... (more)

A grimy PC GP30 sits at Morrisville. Slide has been in my collection, it has no photographer information on it.

Who says Penn Central wasn't colorful? Actually, this herald variation was quite rare. A post elsewhere states that only 17 units got this. Reportedly, the New York Central "green team" felt that ... (more)

A southbound Flexi-van train pauses at the Albany-Rensselaer passenger station.

Snow squalls obscure the distant hills as a U30B leads a westbound manifest downgrade through a wetland area near Hinsdale, Massachusetts.

A Westbound CR freight is working hard as it blasts around the curve at the East end of the Portage Bridge. There was no 10mph slow order in effect at this time for trains crossing the bridge. A m... (more)

Freight and passenger power share this sprawling engine terminal with a handful of RDCs.

Two PC EP-5s made it to Conrail, but they lasted less than a year in operation. My father and I took a trip to Brown yard to photograph #4973, but unfortunately it had failed on this day, and GP-... (more)

Night fall in Pavonia brings out night trains. In the middle of the image three switch jobs wait for an RS-11 to clear. All are waiting for a freight way left background to clear the yard. On the ... (more)

A PC Alco leads a string of locomotives sitting outside PC's Collinwood shops in this autumn 1968 photo.

The Glamour engines of Penn Central were the SD45s and GP38s. When available one or the other would lead westbound freights out of Boston. For a short while, very short while, PC was the success ... (more)

Rare critter. 9999 was the last of the fleet of PRR 44 tonners to roam the streets of Philadelphia. It's street running days over, it auditioned for the job of shop switcher several places, fina... (more)