Late afternoon view at E. Altoona cinderscape proves some steam still was hanging in but not much longer. M1a sister 6755 survives today static at Strasburg, PA.

A colorful scene at East Altoona reveals no steam locomotives in sight, only a smoke plume on the other side of the roundhouse indicates any active steam at this point. We do see a solitary uniden... (more)

Here's a rare catch of a FM-led train over the Allegheny crest emerging at Gallitzin on a work train. The hogger looks back inspecting his train.

By the time of this photo 5759 has served nearly a decade. In her passenger dress, she's serving in freight duty by summer '57/

Action at Mifflin Tower

In the summer of ‘57 the five-band scheme was being phased out.

A summer evening at East Altoona, as seen from the old walkway spanning the yard, yields this action as a passenger train slows for the station stop ahead at Altoona.

The morning haze over the Juniata valley hasn't evaporated but the steam powered locomotion, mostly so, in this August '57 scene. Here a set of power has a few Truc Train loads behind it framed wi... (more)

With less than a year in service, #7076 gets a roll-by from the ground at AR Tower after cresting the grade. The likely Operator's '56 Chevy has about the same service length.

Light power drifts downgrade past an observer after shoving a westbound up the mountain. The curve is 100% steam-free this day.

Pennsylvania Railroad M1b no. 6755 sits on display outside of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania owns the last extant EMD E7, in the form of Pennsylvania Railroad E7A 5901. This engine, built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in September 1945, was... (more)

Pennsy Class E6s 4-4-2 Atlantic No. 460, built by Juniata in August 1914 and cosmetically restored by the RR Museum of PA. In the July 1939 issue of "Railroad" magazine, Donald M. Steffee reporte... (more)

Yes, It's Supposed to Be Green

A lonely pair of 70DACUs in helper service drift past Pennsylvania Railroad EFS-17M (aka EMD GP9) #7048, which replaced K4s #1361 as a display at H... (more)

No.23 - The Manhattan Limited - led by a pair of E8 units comes racing out of the reverse curves at Thompsontown, PA on a summer evening. Meanwhile, symbol CNY-4 rushes east on No.1 track with one... (more)