On a quiet Sunday morning, two pairs of SEPTA Silverliner IV MUs pose beneath the classic trainshed of Philadelphia's Reading Terminal. The trains run through the basement now, but the trainshed e... (more)

This weary-looking Alco high hood switcher, built in 1939, was one of Penn Central's oldest diesels, edged out only be a few ex-NYC SW1s. Former New Haven HH-660 0924 got a new number and a patche... (more)

Flexi-Vans were an early form of intermodal containerized freight handling that was adopted in the 1960s by the New York Central and a few other railroads, utilizing specialized highway boxes and ... (more)

An Alco Century 630 leads three GE U-boats and an EMD GP30 on a five-unit, three-builder Penn Central lashup dropping down the west slope of the Berkshires, westbound at Hinsale, MA, en route to S... (more)

E8-powered Penn Central train #16, the Duquesne running from Pittsburgh to New York, overtakes an eastbound coal train with rear end helpers on the climb between Cresson and Gallitzen, PA.

The crossing watchman has lowered the manual gates for former New York Central RS-3 5527 and its rush hour train at Needham Center, MA, on an August 1971 evening, Because the ex-New Haven Needham ... (more)

On a cold winter morning at Boston's South Station, commuters who have just arrived from the suburbs behind MBTA FP-10 1109 stream towards the warmth of the concourse.

On a rainy spring morning, the Grafton & Upton's daily freight between Hopedale and North Grafton makes its way through West Upton, MA, behind Alco S4 1001. Unlike many small shortlines at the tim... (more)

In the early 1970s, leased Penn Central GG1s were in charge of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains west of New Haven. PC 4894 is spouting steam as it leads a Boston-Washington run passing through O... (more)

On a summer morning, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy GP7 206 leads a transfer run across the Chicago River drawbridge approaching the multi-track diamonds at Ash Street Tower. I believe that the the ... (more)

A month before the coming of Amtrak, the power at Penn Central's New Haven Motor Storage adjacent to the station represents the usual PC mix, with an ex-PRR E8 and a GG1 joined by an ex-NH GP9 and... (more)

Boarding passengers await as VIA's afternoon nonstop TurboTrain run between Montreal and Toronto slows for the pickup at suburban Dorval, Quebec. From here the speedy train would make no further p... (more)

A bleak winter day in Williamsport, MD, is enlivened by the passage of a Western Maryland freight behind an F7/RS3 lashup.

As the sun drops low, EMD-engined Amtrak RS3M 106 shepherds an outbound equipment draft between Boston's Southampton Street coach yard and South Station. The South Station switch job was the regul... (more)

All four of the Western Maryland's Alco FA-2s teamed up with an F7 to push hard on the rear of a loaded coal train off the Baltimore & Ohio as it climbs Williamsport Hill en route to Hagerstown, M... (more)