A temporary K4s/M1b doubleheader with L1s #520 in the background. The L1's tender is next to go into the restoration shop, where I saw Amish craftsmen working on the B6sb 0-6-0 No. 1670.

Two icons of American railroading- the PRR K4s and NW 611, side-by-side at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

At one time, both of the locomotives shown here were the top of the line passenger locomotives for their respective railroads. But like many technological advancements - they too get replaced. For... (more)

Pennsylvania 3750, GG-1 4800, and Amtrak 915 on display outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Across the street is the Strasburg Railroad.

Pennsylvania 3750 has felt the effects of being displayed outside over the years at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

Pennsylvania Railroad K4s 4-6-2 #3750

PRR No. 3750 was built in 1918 by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Altoona. It was originally designated as a K4 until superheated, hence the change... (more)

Passenger train workhorses out to pasture at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

From left to right:
Amtrak's AEM-7 No. 915 built in 1981, retired 2015. PRR GG1 No. 4800, built... (more)

The cast-steel pilot is as much a tell-tale sign that this is a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive as the keystone-shaped numberplate on the smokebox. On display in front of the Railroad Museum of ... (more)

It's a cold raw evening in the railroad yards and crews are preparing their equipment for a cold nights work.

PRR 3750 is resting in Lancaster Yard after a hard day of work on the Keystone. Soon, the crew will load into the engine and head back out.

Its a cold night in Altoona and a K4 gets ready to take a passenger train to Harrisburg,while a DD1 gets a milk train ready to head west.

3750 sits outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Snow covered, perhaps thinking of the days of when there was never snow building up on her like this unless it was from pulling Freight & Pa... (more)

A female passenger is helped aboard the Westbound Broadway Limited. Thanks to Peter Lerro and crew for all your hard work this weekend.

PRR K4 3750 has just arrived with a passenger train from New York as M1B 6755 prepares to depart for Chicago.

Part II of my "K4's from Above" series. While the others chose to set up their tripods on the ground, the photographer took the opportunity of being inside the gates to climb up PRR 6755, the M1b ... (more)