Penn Central GP30 2203, former PRR 2203, with PC GP9B 3822, former PRR 7197B.

Penn Central GP9 7549, a former New Haven unit, was assigned to local freight duty out of Middletown, CT, when photographed in April 1971. This boiler-equipped Geep was later among the GP9s sold t... (more)

The yellow number on the cab marks Penn Central S3 9477 as a former Pennsylvania RR unit. It awaited its next job at PC's Beacon Park engine terminal in Boston.

An impressive A-B-B-A lashup of former New Haven Alco cab units leads Penn Central train BL-1 past Norwood Central station in suburban Boston. Operating between Boston and Lowell, this job was the... (more)

Penn Central F7A 1509 (former PRR 9809A) with Penn Central F7A 1646 (former NYC 1646) Photo from my collection, no photographer's name listed on slide.

PRR GE U28C 6531 (PRR 6520-6534) Photo from my collection, no photographer information on slide.

Northern Ohio was the final home for many of Conrail's inherited F-units. This trio of ex-NYC F7s headed up a westbound freight at Collinwood Yard outside Cleveland.

The SD-45 and C-636 are in notch 8 as they shove a freight up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies. The open cab windows and doors provide little relief for the pusher crew from the cloud of exhau... (more)

The Penn Central merger was just six months old when this Pennsy SD-45 showed up in Montreal on the daily freight from Massena, NY. For years, the power was two, four-axle units, typically RS-3's... (more)

The Penn Central merger is 10 months old as this eclectic collection of diesels is at the Dewitt Yard diesel shop - U25B, FA-2, F3B, SD45, RS-32.

The New York Central received 10 C-430's just before the Penn Central merger in February 1968. Only 16 were built, going to the NYC. GB&W, SCL and Reading

Penn Central FA1 1330, formerly New Haven 0401, displays its classic Alco cab profile as it pauses in front of Broadway tower in South Boston, MA. It was part of an A-B-A set that had just arrived... (more)

The drip strip over the cab window and the AAR trucks indicate that this Conrail C430 is of Reading lineage, as opposed to the former New York Central units, which had Alco’s Hi-Ad trucks. Conra... (more)

Most of Conrail’s big Alcos never saw that paint shop for a coat of blue paint. Most of its ex-PC SD40-2’s were quickly transformed to its new corporate image. Here a C636 and a C630 working ... (more)

Penn Central didn't like to spend unnecessary money on paint. Former New York Central RS-3 5333 had its old road name and herald painted out and went back to work in complete corporate anonymity. ... (more)