2-8-0 #8301 makes a spin on the Columbus turntable. PRR Class H10.

Another scene for the modelers in the audience, as PRR Class L1s #1685 waits with a cut of cars, the Renovo shop buildings in the distance. The spotlight-equipped '51 Plymouth might have been a c... (more)

Here's another view of I1sa #1292 waiting to make a move in the yard at Renovo, eyeballing the photographer in the process.

His tender full of coal, the Fireman patiently waits as his engine is topped off with sand. Soon it'll back down to a train, tie on, test air, and be on the road. PRR Class M1a

Time for a little sandhouse gossip before getting out on the road with a train. PRR Class M1a

Black Beauty gets a once-over at the rack in Renovo while the photographer gets eyeballed by the laborer. This Mikado had a PRR class designation of L1s, and the "NOR" stencil on the pilot design... (more)

Engine #4587 makes a reverse move in the yard. The rough-riding 2-10-0's were not favorites of Pennsy crews but part of their longevity was due to their ability to haul heavy loads. This one has... (more)

On a very hazy summer day in August 1956 the air in the Susquehanna Valley hung heavy as Pennsy steam engines worked right alongside the exotic 1st generation diesels at the company town of Renovo... (more)

A pair of Pennsy teapots wait to work, still under steam late in the diesel transition era, by the turntable at Williamsport. On the left: PRR class I1sa. with a long distance tender. The engine... (more)

PRSL power poses on the Atlantic City turntable. PRSL Class BS15ms.

Numerically straight K4 #5432 still works PRSL trains during the summer season.

Reading Pacifics wait for work at the Atlantic City end of the PRSL system. Summer season trains from Philadelphia kept these modern yet obsolete steam engines in service a bit longer than they o... (more)

After making a flag stop at Bureau, the Quad City Rocket departs Bureau and continues its journey to LaSalle Street Station in Chicago.

Standing on the embankment next to the small yard at Hammonton allows this perspective of Reading G3 Pacifics serving to augment the added trainsets for summer service trains from Philly to Atlant... (more)

Here's a tender-forward view of GS3 #215 which just yarded it's one-car train after a Saturday run. Summer season trains on the PRSL brought out the Pacifics for a last hurrah, it's only six year... (more)