The brakeman rides the leading step on westbound Conrail train WHWC-21 as it gingerly eases past a Ford F150 pick up truck parked close by the track in Tremont, PA on May 12, 1988. It cleared the... (more)

RF&P Train No. 86 awaits its 4:15 PM departure from Broad Street Station. At this time SCL power almost always ran through on the RF&P on No. 86. No. 529 is one of a number of SCL E units equipp... (more)

WM was always resourceful, with a touch of class. Never rich, they always did a great job with what they had. An old World War II troop sleeper was converted to a kitchen car for the MofW Depart... (more)

A westbound B&O empty hopper train was backing off a cut of empty coal hoppers at M&K Junction for the next day's M&K Local on October 20, 1978. The building to the right is the shop where the he... (more)

The sun has just popped over the trees and the morning haze was hanging in the air as eastbound Amtrak No. 40, the "Broadway Limited," dropped downgrade at Union Furnace, PA on August 6, 1978, beh... (more)

For those of us that endured the CSX "stealth" era, this paint scheme provided us with the first glimmer of hope that all was not lost. On Oct. 21, 1990, CSXT No. 8436 was one of three SD40-2s ba... (more)

By the late 1970s, the east end of the C&O seemed to become a magnet for their fleet of GE locomotives. That really wasn't a problem for me, I enjoyed it, but I am sure a few of the folks working... (more)

GMRC northbound train XR1 was arriving at Rutland, VT on March 3, 1981 with RS1 No. 405 as the Vermont Ry. Rutland Yard Job drilled some cars on an adjacent track with RS3 No. 603.

A westbound B&O manifest exits Stuart Tunnel at Magnolia, WV on April, 16, 1978, led by WM GP40 No. 3795. At this point in time, WM operations had been integrated into the B&O and WM units on the... (more)

Eastbound Conrail train WHSN-04 leaves the town of Shamokin, PA behind as it slowly rolls through the decaying former Reading yard with three MP15s. The culm banks from the long closed Glen Burn ... (more)

On a bleak January day in 1975, Southern's southbound No. 7, the "Lynchburg Special," makes a station stop at Monroe, VA with FP7 No. 6146. At this time, No. 7 was normally a mixed train between ... (more)

Conrail was just eleven days old and very little had appeared to change on April, 11, 1976 as two former Reading GP30s finished humping a cut of cars at the former Reading yard in Rutherford, PA.

Western Maryland BL2 No. 82 does some switching in heavy snowfall at Hagerstown Yard in Hagerstown, MD on Feb. 19, 1975.

The morning fog had almost lifted as a LTV Steel Mining taconite train unloads at Taconite Harbor, MN on June 20, 1997. The ore boat "St. Clair" was taking on a load.

I always wondered what it felt like, after a wonderful vacation in Florida, to wake up, look out the window, and see weather like this. Reality check. Northbound AT-4 was passing by the old gene... (more)