Power for the 20th Century Ltd.coming into LaSalle St.Station.....

Limited Return. On Friday, May 10, 2013, former New York Central Pullman Standard Observation/Lounge/Sleeper car "Hickory Creek" (PPCX 800733) was brought to Grand Central Termin... (more)

MS Tower oversaw a connecting track between the NYC, PRR, B&O, and EJ&E. In this 1970 scene, a Penn Central passenger train heads east past the tower. Tom Golden photo.

NYC began an ambitious program in the late 1950s to convert its multiple track mainlines to CTC. This included the Toledo-Elkhart mainline through Bryan, OH. CP 341 controlled the crossing with ... (more)

Mohawk Means Mountain. New New York Central 3001 (4-8-2, Alco, 1940) is the largest surviving steam engine of the NYC fleet. While on other railroads this wheel arrangement was referred to ... (more)

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

One of clocks at Buffalo Central Terminal, which is right least twice a day....

A Harmon, a passenger train led by E8 4083 rolls into the station. This engine is wearing the railroad's new experimental "Century Green" livery.

In Penn Central's first summer, the painters have yet to reach New York Central passenger RS3 5503 as it lays over at Chatham, NY, on the point of a Harlem Line commuter train.

On a winter afternoon, an unrepainted New York Central RS3 prepares to depart from the big yard at Selkirk, NY, with a westbound Penn Central local freight.

Rebuild In Remsen. The Remsen Depot in Remsen, New York is a completely new structure, built on the site of the previous station. The Remsen Development Corporation organized donations and ... (more)

The Road To A More Certain Future. The history of New York Central's Buffalo Central Terminal did not begin in 1929, but that is when the station finally opened after many years of negotiat... (more)

Through the weeds. Penn Central is just over a year old as an F7A and U25B power the daily freight from CPR's St. Luc Yard in Montreal to PC's Dewitt Yard in Syracuse. The line was conveyed to C... (more)

Power from a northbound freight from Syracuse and Watertown is at the somewhat crude, locomotive service facility at Massena. Penn Central is five months old at this time.

Last Run? Private car Dagny Taggart trails Amtrak #7 as is passes thru Franksville, WI on October 4th, 2020. This is reportedly the last run this car will make before it is confined to museum use ... (more)