Back in the early days of Conrail only a few bursts of color are beginning to show through the uniform black overcast that pervaded Penn Central territory. Westbound hoppers are accelerating throu... (more)

Allentown to Conway manifest ALPI is passing beneath the 2416/2417 signal bridge that stood at the eastern approach to Horseshoe Curve. CR 6199 was just built a few months previous to this October... (more)

Eastbound in the Flathead River valley approaching Nyak, MT, the 4309 has a UP SD70 coupled behind and two more Dash9s on the rear end for its climb over Marias Pass. What the Dash9 was to BNSF, t... (more)

BNSF 7794 leads a trio on the point of a westbound manifest working up the grade about halfway between East Glacier and Marias Pass.

Where once the North Coast Limited and Mainstreeter roamed, BNSF 4142 brings a westbound manifest across the Yellowstone River as it arrives in Livingston, MT on a summer's eve.

Former Erie-Lackawanna GP35 No. 2577 now bearing Conrail blue as No. 3683 leads a westbound freight on No.2 track at signal bridge 1525/1526 - the westward distant signals to Mifflin interlocking.... (more)

A bluebird July morning in Huntingdon, PA finds a C40-8W and an SD-60 in charge of an eastbound manifest making time down the Juniata River valley. This was highball territory and they really ripp... (more)

LMS 724 tiptoes downgrade through MG interlocking with symbol STES2 (Sterling, OH-Harrington, DE) including auto parts for Newark, DE. The GE-leased units arrived in 1994 with Nos. 700-739 lettere... (more)

CR 6197 passes beneath the westward home signals for MG interlocking with empty Penna. Power & Light hoppers. The position light signals and air line for the electro-pneumatic switches are hallmar... (more)

A C630, GP-35 combination leads westbound freight over the Neill Drive overpass at West Falls. The Reading's cheery colors for their second generation diesel power provided a nice contrast with th... (more)

Westbound BNSF 4459 is cresting the grade out of the Rio Grande River valley from Belen at Dalies, NM. The old main line via Raton and Albuquerque joins the Transcon here. Once upon a time, beauti... (more)

Sundown at Yampai Summit: BNSF 4926 is in charge of a westbound manifest struggling up the grade from Pica to Yampai with a colorful assortment of power in the setting sun. It's downgrade to the C... (more)

A rainy August afternoon over three decades ago finds CR 6477 leading an eastbound manifest past Phoenixville, PA on former Reading Company rails. The old passenger station here provided shelter f... (more)

With the more or less standard power set of the day for trailvans - Dash8-40B, B36-7, GP-40-2 - a westbound van rolls underneath the classic Pennsy signal bridge at Book's crossing that was to las... (more)

It's a lovely autumn afternoon as NS 9886 East comes swinging through the crossover at Port Interlocking. The westward home signals evident here lasted until the demise of position light signals a... (more)