Pennsy FM C16-4 is leaving the tunnel at Gallitzin, PA trailing lots of engine smoke in the summer of 1960.
The Q2 Duplexes are reported to have been retired by '51 (wiki), but John was told that they died 6 months prior to his arrival in Crestline. Let the debate begin. Here are the largest non-artic... (more)
A very rare Pennsy FM H20-44 leads a set of Alco FA1's up the hill at Gallitzin,PA. Note the downbound train on the adjacent track with at least 6 units.
A pair of internal combustion oddballs wait it out at Columbus. #9720 in perfect pinstripes, built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, and #9471 built by FM at Erie, 1600HP & 2000HP respectively. The head... (more)
Cue the Jaws theme music...John found the shark-tank on the PRR at Canton, 9712 and 9588 in-between jobs, with several other sets in the pit. This is one of the Canton photos posted at more)
While the Pullmans on an eastbound passenger train sits clear of the PRR on the Big Four (left), a Shark has westbound tonnage in tow clattering over the diamonds at Crestline on the Pennsy. The... (more)
From the Dziobko collection, photographer unknown. This is a PRR display set up in Harrisburg, featuring T1 5548 a Duplex meaning a rigid frame.ck Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: Steam 4-4-4-4Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: PRR 5548Train ID: displayPhoto Date: July 15, 1949
Ore empties move east behind Baldwin sharks. John's railfanning companion was his longtime friend the late Bill Rosenberg of Kew Gardens, Long Island, N.Y., and the method of transport for this 3... (more)
Step into the Dziobko PRR-in-color time machine to 1956 as we crack open a box of closeted kodachromes taken at the Pennsy facility at Renovo. Here's photo #1..a hungry shark waiting for work on ... (more)
I rode #13, a mail train, early morning out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. On my first trip there, our power on the electrified segment was a 2-D-2 electric class R1, #49... (more)
