My first shot of the Lehigh Valley -- I was heading from Ithaca to Sayre and caught this westbound just south of Van Etten Junction and chased north to Watkins Glen (a very fast chase!).
In the pre-EPA days railfanning on summer days in central NJ was a challenge -- white hot sky, heat and pollution, and motley CNJ power like this set of Fs of B&O and N&W lineage. Lead unit is ex... (more)
SP 8560 is leaving Tunnel #33 at Cape Horn. This tunnel was constructed to carry two tracks and to eliminate the orignal mainline overlooking the American River. The SP decided to keep the track o... (more)
Only about three months remained in the life of the Southern Pacific as AC4400CW rolled Westbound past Rocky Point (or American). #232 was among the last group of locomotives that would be purcha... (more)