By the late 1970’s, 50-ton hoppers were not uncommon, but their ranks were quickly dwindling. Here a Reading survivor visits Allentown Yard in its final years.

Exiting what I believe was the only tunnel on the line, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville passes Thayerton, about a mile west of Colwell, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local crosses the Mahoning Creek at Colwell, Pennsylvania.

With the fall foliage along the Mahoning Creek at its peak, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local crosses the bridge over the Little Mudlick Creek near Putneyville, Pennsylvania. Today’s trai... (more)

Bound for Dillinger tunnel, an Anthracite Railway excursion passes the brick water tank base at Powder Valley, Pennsylvania.

The brick water tank base at Powder Valley, Pennsylvania is one of the key remaining structures on the remaining portion of the Reading’s Perkiomen Branch. Anthracite Railway, the first designat... (more)

Some brilliant autumn colors have persisted into November for the Anthracite Railway’s annual excursions, one of which is seen rolling westbound into Powder Valley, Pennsylvania.

Passing through very late autumn colors, Anthracite Railway’s former Amtrak SW1 has an excursion train at Powder Valley, Pennsylvania.

Approaching Powder Valley, Pennsylvania, Anthracite Railway’s ex-Delaware & Hudson RS3 leads one of the road’s the annual Pennsburg – Zionville excursion trains.

”Combining the Worst Features of Rail and Bus”

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, British Rail and British Leyland undertook a program to develop a new railbus. One proto... (more)

In the mid 1980’s the colors of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad came to the rails in the Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna Valley for the first time in over a quarter-century. The Lackawanna ... (more)

Conrail’s Only Baldwin

Although the Penn Central and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines both rostered Baldwin locomotives, It is not generally thought that any of them were ... (more)

With its work in town complete, Susquehanna C420 2002 passes the former Lackawanna depot in Whitney Point, New York. Today, the depot has had additions to both ends, and there is no trace of the A... (more)

After dropping a covered hopper at the Agway in Whitney Point, New York, Susquehanna C420 2002 is negotiating the switchback to the Syracuse Branch. The twisted profile of the switch seems to be i... (more)

Susquehanna C430 3002 lays down a smoky trail at Chenango Forks, New York. The Susquehanna hosted many excursions all over the system during this time period, and one car from its fleet is being m... (more)