Norfolk Southern train M1R soars high above the town of Nicholson, Pennsylvania, as it crosses the 100-year old Tunkhannock Viaduct. On the second day of NS operations along the former Canadian P... (more)

"ALL DAY 11J"
11J with the Delaware and Lackawanna heritage unit rolls across Sherman Creek on the former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline out of Harrisburg, PA. The Susquehann... (more)

You will never know what you will find in the United Railroad Historical Society's barn in Boonton. Here is a black beauty to warm the cockles of any railfan of a certain age. Wouldn't it be great... (more)

URHS Heritage Festival Night shoot '15!

On a somewhat rare occurrence, the DL's Portland Turn ran all the way into Portland to interchange with NS instead of their usual location of Slateford. With the interchange work completed, the tr... (more)

It is rather peaceful on one of the last summer evenings during Labor Day Weekend. Hoboken Terminal serves both NJT and Metro-North Railroad

Lackawanna Heritage

A special visitor at the 2013 URHS Open House came in the form of NS 1074, the Lackawanna heritage unit. While the weather wasn't ideal for night photograph... (more)

Rahway River Draw - This bridge is kept open in summer to accommodate boat traffic and only closes when trains approach such as this one. This pair of locos is running light back to Oa... (more)

After a lengthy delay of roughly 9 hours in Binghamton, NY, NS 956 deadheading with the NKP 765 excursion train is seen crossing the Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, PA on the CP Sunbury Subdivis... (more)

A two-unit pusher set, behind former DL&W F-3 No. 6351, idles in front of the former Erie Railroad depot in Susquehanna, Pa., awaiting the next eastbound train needing an assist across the Gulf Su... (more)

When Conrail was formed, six axle Centuries from the Reading and the Lehigh Valley were sent west to join their Penn Central counterparts in western Pennsylvania/eastern Ohio. Here an ex-LV C628 a... (more)

Many generations of transportation in one area

After taking a string of cars to the B&P interchange in Salamanca, NY., WNY&P 430 leads sister engine 421 and a string of cars for Olean under the former B&O right-of-way. The line is now owned an... (more)

Yard power in the Sunday morning sun. 8886 is an ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 that was rebuilt by Conrail to SD40 specs. It still retains its original car body and 5000 gallon fuel tank. With over 40... (more)