I've been away from the trackside scene for about 3 years as you see the higher priority reason in her high priority "Vizzy-pink" coat as we watch IC 1034 South momentarily bisect Branch... (more)

A first look at the new Tri-Rail Brookville BL36PH as number 819 gets some finishing touches outside at the turntable at Brookville Equipment Corporation.

Engineer Southwell lands the ME-1 on Track 4 before tying down his Alco on the House Track and calling it a day.

Conductor Harris prepares to step off to throw the switch and couple on to the rest of the train on the main to take it on up to Franklin Steel and drop it again so the scrap gons can be set in to... (more)

Clear Washington Crossing, the ME-1 leaves the Allegheny River and runs along beautiful French Creek enroute back to Franklin Steel on the return to set in the scrap loads that they dropped on the... (more)

421 pulls a MOW flat from the 13th St. stub siding that brought in new ties and rail to repair a derailment last week when the ME-1 rolled the rail and put 7 on the ground at Franklin Steel.

Off of the Meadville Industrial, the ME-1 races by this quaint little farm on the Oil City Branch enroute to Franklin Steel to drop the scrap loads off on the run around to be set in on the trip b... (more)

421 shoves back at the west end to couple on to a string of gons to go to Franklin Steel today.

With the customer spotting the covered hopper with a front-end loader and running it over the derail last week, one of the WNYP crew "Tebows" after they get it back on steel.

A lady from AR contacted me to inquire on some information about this bridge. Her great-grandfather was killed on Jan 23, 1897 when his passenger train, B&O predecessor Pittsburg and Western No. ... (more)

Not so "Little Joe" sits on display beside a little Pennsy Shunt locomotive at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. Both of these locomotives have ties to Erie. Little Joe was built in Eri... (more)

2' gauge #1 passes the original engine house and will soon be stopping at the top of 'HILL' so all of the old school style hand-brakemen and women can take up the slack in their brake chains for t... (more)

2' gauge 6 blows some steam as her train sits in the hole on the turntable lead waiting for Otto to pull into the station for a new train load of passengers to go around the loop. #6 was taking p... (more)

2' gauge #1 simmers as a crew member tops off her water for another trip around the loop.

Young meets old. A young boy comes out to see Bennett Levin's Es and the rare mileage excursion Pacific Express run down the former ERIE main line through the normally quiet little town of Transf... (more)