"Frank R. Lautenberg Station"

A NJ transit train stops in Secaucus with the Sun setting and the Station building in the background.

An eastbound NJ Transit MidTOWN DIRECT train makes a station stop at Secaucus Junction with an ALP-45PD shoving on the rear. This day marked the first revenue runs into New York Penn Station for ... (more)

NJ Transit has been slowing expanding the services in which their new "dual mode" ALP-45DP locomotives are being used. This day marked the first revenue runs into New York Penn Station. There wa... (more)

During Amtrak's busiest day of the year, we see NJT 1491 pulling what would normally be a Regional past Newark Station.

These next few uploads are from a box of random transparencies Al Chione had dupes made of. So perhaps you have one of these from Al's sets of John's slide duplicates. A G makes a move on the br... (more)

Virginian Railway 135 at Roanoke, VA in February 1957 sporting a thick coat of road grime. This 'motor' is preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Bob Drake photo, collectio... (more)

Departing for Indiana under the gaze of the Phillips 66 sign, with Soldier Field above the train to the left

boxcab #110 sits at the VGN terminal waiting for work.

A big motor, rated at 6,800HP, waits at the shed.

#110, the class EL1A boxcab set, waits for work under the wires.

I'm not sure if I ever found the legendary DD1, but nearly 50 years later, settling for a well-worn B1 doesn't seem like bad luck at all!

Class EL-2B #125 makes a move under the wires.

Westbound Virginia Rwy freight passing through Kumiss, VA in this May 1958 scene. [Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink]

Eastbound Virginian Rwy coal loads working upgrade near Clark Gap, WV in February 1957. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.