Jewell Smokeless Coal loadout. Did I say coal?

Former Chesapeake & Ohio 6253 is slowly rusting away in a siding near Levisa Jct.

January 31, 1979- CR 6407 was the leader and CR 6377 was the trailing unit of a Buffalo-Enola freight that rear-ended a stopped Syracuse-Enola freight. Both trains were to stop for a northbound fr... (more)

Before the big Alco's were scraped for good, they went to Mingo Junction to perform heavy duty mineral hauling on Conrail.

5300 was the flagship of the RDG Alco 630s.

Dozens of narrow gauge hopper cars sit and rust after being seemingly abandoned for nearly half a century. Note the trees growing through the cars! The Earth reclaims. I've always wanted to get... (more)

The Penn Central, hated by many-loved by few. Apparently hated by someone so much that it warranted putting a bullet right through the "heart" of one of the mating worms.

The original routing of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Main Line lies in ruins through the town of Metuchen. This right of way was acquired in 1875 and survived in various forms until its service a... (more)

Here is an antique Ford highrail used by the Union Transportation Co on a storage track. Viewer Bill McBride adds this info from John Brinkmann's book on the Pembroke line: "Sometime in the early... (more)

The turntable sits unused at New Eqypt. The Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad aka The Pennsylvania and Atlantic Railroad was a 25-mile line that lasted up to 1981. There is a nice history of the... (more)

Pennsy supplied the equipment to Union Transportation Company and their Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, here's another view of the property.

Pennsy supplied the equipment to Union Transportation Company and their Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad, this cabin replaced a combine in 1938.

By 1972 the roundhouse was gone and soon the truntable would go. These RS3's, SW and E unit would find a new home in the middle of the classification yard near the old hump at a new facility.

Old NW caboose spotted on the partially abandoned Pond Creek Branch, which at one time served Henry Ford's mines at Stone , KY.

The numberboard on the signal reads "88". The smokestack on the right of the signal reads "Taylor". This is a scene of the Bel-Del branch during the industrial era when smokestacks still smoked.