Old and new alike on LaVeta Pass. The regular passenger train passes the steam special on La Veta Pass. It was a good day to be trackside.

Car #130's Motorman swaps the trolley poles around for another run. The location is thought to be MP 0.0 on the Welland sub, aka Substation Jct., in Thorold. Besides being the terminus of the We... (more)

Car #130 poses on a trestle nearing Thorold. Likely by this time, the railfan photographers have become fast friends with the Motorman who obliged them with a quick "safety stop" pose at a trestl... (more)

Apparently NS&T rules required stops at all meets, if the stop signs and oil-slicked right of way are any indication. Here car #82 holds the main while the Motorman greets it's northbound opposit... (more)

Car #130 makes a stop at what is thought to be the Welland depot while a cabbie waits for a fare in this 1953 scene. That is a 1953 Canadian built Chevrolet.

#130 prior to departure from Port Colborne

Port Colborne was the southern terminus for this CN-owned branch on the Niagara Escarpment, running north-south in a territory rife with east-west lines. This was the CN Welland Sub, running from... (more)

The Niagara Region of Ontario featured many miles of electrified interurban trackage, including the NS&T. The NS&T became a CN property, and was operated as the Welland sub, hence the CN markings... (more)

This photo illustrates how the cover on the coupler could be pulled back to facilitate coupling when in trail position. In this case, a REA express box converted from a Pullman troop sleeper is c... (more)

The photographer rode this train from Pittsburgh, and due to station dwell time was able to get up front and record this scene. PRR's second order of E8's from EMD came in Tuscan Red, #5701 was t... (more)

It's train time at Steubenville! While locals watch express and baggage being unloaded at it's stop along the Panhandle, a photo is captured of 1953 life in America. For the rivet counters, this... (more)

In order to get to this location one can ride the railroad, a much easier option or drive/hike in on a very narrow, rutted debris strewn path. On this day it was the latter and after watching the ... (more)

Another of the Blue Ribbon Fleet is ready to roll at Harrisburg but note that the engineer is looking at me, a teenaged picture-taker, standing out on the platform. PRR class EP22

The high-level platforms at the North Philly stop offer an interesting contrast with the K4 making a scheduled stop on this Saturday run to Wildwood. The photographer has chanced fate to run up f... (more)

PRR 3882 will lead this regularly scheduled Saturday run out of 30th St. to Wildwood N.J. The photographer took this photo prior to boarding with his friend Bill Rosenberg for a day of railfannin... (more)