A 4-car set of owl-eyed MP54s pulls into Paoli on a mid-afternoon run. The basic design of these cars dated from 1915 when the PRR started to convert some of its standard P54 steam suburban coach... (more)

Having completed another safe run, the old crew heads toward the station in Indianapolis, Indiana, on a chilly December 14th, 1973, as a fresh crew climbs aboard Penn Central E8A 4306. The train ... (more)

Conrail locals on the northern end of the Hudson Line meet at Croton North, each with a pair of blue Penn Central/MTA FL9s. No one knew these units would get rebuilt then and live a second life fo... (more)

While it looks like a Pennsy E-8, on Oct. 7, 1968 the 4274, looking the worse for wear, was actually Penn Central leading 4-car Train 14 from always-busy Chicago Union Station en route to Detroit... (more)

A passenger train meets a manifest up on the mountain. A guess has this passenger train rolling downgrade into Altoona on the east slope while a manifest tackles the mountain. Thanks Luke Harshba... (more)

Just rolling in from NYP

Mood reflects the prospects for U.S. passenger rail at the time

The "Broadway Limited" matches a dismal day in appearance, two days before Amtrak.

Two days before Amtrak, the remant of the "Twilight Limited" presents a pretty sad picture.

Freight lead to Croton North yard at right

Lots of changes in this area since 1973

Months before PC was able to jettison passenger service under the Amtrak umbrella, one of 75 ex-PRR E8's leads this ramshackle remnant of the once great fleet past the eyes of the Operator at MG.

Penn Central 4903, leads an intercity passenger train. 18 months earlier, she pulled the RFK funeral train in her new black dress. Later, #4903 retired and moved to Texas where she is preserved ... (more)

Fans getting shots from the old eastbound platform prior to its elimination. Note also the NYC 'Cigar Band' herald on the nose of 4045 bleeding through the Penn Central black.