Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)
A steam meet at Crestline, as Niagara 6014 pulls in with #473, while #472, also led by steam, is in the process of loading/unloading mail and express at Union Depot. The Big Four was a last basti... (more)
A Reading GP7 is paired with Baldwin AS16 551 on a train from Philadelphia. The picture angle is a result of poor sunlight on the front of the train.
Reading EMD FT units 251 A, B sit at the company shops.
Reading 4-8-4 2109 is at the front of a line of stored T-1 class engines at Reading. There were still 20 of the husky 4-8-4s on the roster at this date and several had been used as temporary indus... (more)
Does this count as street running? PRR Class K4s.
From the Dziobko collection, photographer unknown. This is a PRR display set up in Harrisburg, featuring T1 5548 a Duplex meaning a rigid frame.ck Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: Steam 4-4-4-4Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: PRR 5548Train ID: displayPhoto Date: July 15, 1949
From the Dziobko collection, photographer unknown. This is a PRR display set up in Harrisburg, featuring T1 5548. These greyhounds were built for fast passenger service, used primarily in lines ... (more)
A brute from the Reading simmers in Atlantic City.
Reading Alco RS-3 units 490 & 483 pound across the Lehigh Valley main line at Bethlehem in the late afternoon.
Two Reading FP7 units fly through Elizabeth on the Jersey Central at speed with the five car Budd streamliner CRUSADER.
Reading FP7 903 with short mid-morning train 606 from Philadelphia arrives in Elizabeth, NJ on the Jersey Central.
Two painted ladies await their next dance at the West Oakland Diesel Shop. For me these daylight painted PA's were simply the best looking diesels of all time....but then the SP was "my" railroad... (more)
A light power set drifts by near Hager tower, behind the photographer. This power is seen again in this> photo. T... (more)
Leased RDG power waits for a signal. The double headed power is just a few hundred yards back from the lone T1> shot ... (more)