Conrail 7887 gives away its predecessor's image at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1981. The unit is 10 years old in this photo, having been built for Penn Central as their 7887 in Feb... (more)

On Familiar Turf

Conrail SD35 6043 began life as Jersey Central 2504 in 1965. For the first seven years of its life, it regularly plied the rails between Jersey City, new Jersey, a... (more)

A pair of Amtrak F40PHs are seen bringing the Sweden-built X2000 past Joliet's Union Station. The X2000 was used in testing along the Northeast Corridor during 1992 and 1993 and was the predecess... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)

Westbound empty hoppers roll through Catasauqua, Pennsylvania on the former CNJ main line. I didn’t hear the symbol of this train, but I am inclined to think that the hoppers are headed to Hazleto... (more)

NORMAN OK May 1978 -- Santa Fe FP45 5947 and GP38 3550 roll toward the Lindsay Street crossing from the south with a covered hopper train in tow. Very close to this location railroad surveyor Abne... (more)

BN 6364 brings its eastbound train to a stop at Wenatchee as BN 8113 gets a westbound stack train underway in front of the Wenatchee landmark Cascadian Fruit Shippers cold storage warehouse. In th... (more)

NORMAN OK June 12 1978 -- Santa Fe F45 5910, F45 5925, U25B 6606 and a U23B lead train 503 under clear skies.

NORMAN OK Oct 20 1980 -- Santa Fe SD45 5547, F45 5927 and SD45 5509 roll through Norman on the point of train 365. This mixed freight is eastbound (compass north).

A westbound Chicago & North Western coal train changes crews at Butler, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of April 20, 1985. This is the first time I saw locomotives from all three of southeastern ... (more)

Having completed its journey over the Hill track through Laureldale, a westbound Conrail manifest joins the former Reading main line alongside the Reading yard. It appears that the train has no wo... (more)

Conrail 6831 blasts out of the now closed Gallitzin Tunnel in a cloud of diesel smoke with a coal train in June of 1992.

CR 6764 is former Reading Lines no. 5311, an Alco C630 locomotive in the deadline at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, in January 1981. Former Southern Ry. president Stanley Crane is now at the he... (more)

A high-hood N&W SD45 is the leader as a trio of EMDs heads west along the former Nickel Plate mainline toward Calumet Yard in Chicago. The train is about to cross 165th Street in Hammond while th... (more)

Milwaukee Road Fireman Ron Morales gets a photo of his favorite RR's power on the Milwaukee Road engine track at Portage,Wi.. That's me standing next to the 3289 giving a friendly wave to Ron....c... (more)