Within weeks of Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, ex-PRR E8s began to take over Boston-New Haven passenger runs from the NH's own FL9s. A year after the merger, sets of FL9s and E8s in thr... (more)
This was probably enough power to get this Penn Central train over the Berkshire summit! An eight-unit mix of EMD and GE diesels drops down into Pittsfield, MA, at North Adams Junction with a Selk... (more)
The engineer and conductor of Penn Central train LP-2 (Lowell, MA, to Providence, RI) confer about the switching moves after arriving at South Sudbury, MA, on a fall afternoon. Three imposing GP30... (more)
A trio of Penn Central U33Cs that now work for Conrail roll west through Natick, MA, on the point of train BOSE (Boston-Selkirk). A year into Conrail an all-PC lashup like this was unusual on the ... (more)
Five Penn Central GP40s march up the Hudson Valley at Garrison, NY, with a northbound freight that originated at the ex-NYC West Side yards in Manhatten. Daytime freights were still a regular sigh... (more)