Three dusty E-44s are northbound at Aberdeen; the 3rd unit apparently dead-in-tow.

GG-1 No. 916 leads a 6-car Amfleet express past the long-gone northbound station shelter at Aberdeen. Note the power car at the rear of the train. No. 916 was built by Altoona-GE as the PRR 4918... (more)

A southbound Metroliner rips across the four lanes of East Bel Air Avenue at 100 mph. Lead car No. 829 (PRR Class MP85E4) is a Westinghouse-equipped coach.

A relatively rare clean-nose GG-1 leads a train of Heritage cars southbound on the center track at Aberdeen. It's the spring of 1978, and the Penn Central station sign still adorns the Aberdeen s... (more)

Bygone days on the old NEC- my then 15-year old cousin is hanging out with me down by the depot as a northbound E44-powered freight rolls by.

E44 No. 4434 (GE, 3-62) is operating in the very long hood forward mode with a sister, southbound with a Truc-Train in the late winter of 1976-77. You can bet that the 4434's six 733 hp traction ... (more)

Two E-44s led by the 1961-built No. 4418 are southbound with a manifest freight on No. 4 track, which was usually used by passenger trains. Daytime freights were fairly frequent here in the late ... (more)

No. 4934 languishes today in the woods at Cooperstown Junction, NY, but here it is in action as seen through a 28mm wide-angle lens at the old Bel Air Avenue grade crossing. This scene is dominat... (more)

"Old Rivets" at twilight, literally and figuratively, in her star-spangled US Bicentennial garb, southbound at 60-per with a Truc-Train. The engineer gives a hearty wave from the cab of... (more)

A southbound Metroliner is zipping by the WWII-era PRR station at 100 mph+, with a rebuilt snack bar coach in the lead. These cars were equipped with Leslie S37-S55 dual horns, which emanated a h... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s with 1935-built No. 4838 in the lead are northbound through Aberdeen with a mixed freight. Note the cut of piggyback cars on the head end.

592, with export coal loads for Baltimore, is south on track 2 of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor as it approaches the Aberdeen, MD station.

Change is coming to the NEC in the late 70s- concrete ties on No. 4 track, and GG-1 No. 902 has been renumbered as the 4902 to make way for the 900-series AEM-7s. Note the HEP (head end power) ca... (more)

A northbound Metroliner is leaving a trail of dust in its wake, as it whistles for the old East Bel Air Avenue crossing in Aberdeen. In the lead is a Budd-GE "Metroclub" car. Note the ... (more)

The 917 is trailing a stream of dust as it speeds up the center track by the old PRR station in Aberdeen. It's 1977, and there's still a lot of the "old NEC" in existence- all wood ties, Heritage... (more)