“No Juice”
AMTK 4932 (ex-PC 4909, nee-PRR 4909, built 12/1941, B/N 4378) was retired by Amtrak in 1983/84. It is seen here on the Octoraro Railway (near Elsmere Jct., DE) on 04/27... (more)

An all-EMD consist leads Philadelphia to Potomac Yard manifest R405 (formerly B&O 85) westbound on the Thomas Viaduct on 09/20/1987. Note the two (what appear to be) Bradley Fighting Vehicles on f... (more)

“Sans Dome”
Skirting past the rock face at Relay is B&O bay window caboose 903729, bringing up the rear of an Old Main Line coal drag destined for the Curtis Bay piers. Still in (now fad... (more)

“Pine Tree Detour”
Operating on B&O’s Philadelphia Sub, a Maine Central extended vision caboose brings up the rear of D&H POPY at North Point, the crew change point at the east end of Ba... (more)

An unidentified manifest (although I suspect Philadelphia/East Side to Saginaw R397) led by a U36B in Seaboard System paint, departs Brunswick yard in the afternoon of August 21, 1988. WB Tower ca... (more)

After yielding the main to ENRO-8, ROEN-8 (ROanoke-ENola) exits the controlled siding at CP-SPRING (or “SPRINGS”, if you accept the attractive signage on the bungalow) and continues east, between ... (more)

Shortly after its 10/1983 purchase of the Western Maryland Railway between Westminster and Highfield from Chessie System, Maryland Midland initiated excursion operations on that 37 mile segment. L... (more)

At 23½ years young, NW 205, a high short hood GP35, awaits its next assignment at Vardo Yard, Hagerstown, MD, on 06/27/1987.

Built 11/1963 (S# 28620), and delivered to N&W in 12/1963. Retir... (more)

“Balance of Power”
A mix of EMD and GE locomotives composes this 12-unit inter-divisional (originating within the New Jersey Division) light engine move, westbound at CP-BANKS on the Pit... (more)

Interior view of the 120 foot-long former dining hall of Starrucca House, during renovations of the cathedral-like space in 1987. The impressively-sized (325 ft faηade) combination station-hotel w... (more)

“WM to the Rescue”
At HX interlocking, a worn-looking former Western Maryland SD40, now the lead unit, begins to pull a long string of empty hoppers west, after being added to the head e... (more)

“Back for a Refill”
Northbound on the Buffalo Line near CP-STONEY, Conrail SD40-2s 6372 and 6364 haul PEPX empties, as UMP-1, from the PEPCO (Potomac Electric) Morgantown Generati... (more)

“No Coke, Pepsi”
On a muggy July evening before the Independence Day holiday, Conrail U23Bs 2702 and 2768 haul a work (ballast) train west on the Port Road, approaching Minnick (m... (more)

CSX Q403-27, the Selkirk to Baltimore manifest, with CSXT C40-8W 7827 in the lead, is held on the siding at West Aikin, while the priority intermodal/OJT Q140-27, led by CSXT ES44AH 762, cruises b... (more)

CSX R377 (the former Queen City Flyer, now Philadelphia to Willard) led by ex-L&N CSXT C30-7 7048, charges west on the Philly Sub, halfway between the intermediates at Bradshaw (mp 76.1) an... (more)