Pennsylvania Railroad D16sb class "American" type, Altoona Works class of 1905 and star of the 1969 film; "Hello, Dolly!" (sorry, Barbara Streisand) Ronks, PA June 2016.

The "East Coast Champion" passing Nassau Tower on its way south

A Pennsy transfer pounds the iron under the Eads Bridge.

PRR Brill doodlebug 4666 prepares to depart Ringoes, New Jersey. The 1930 gas-electric has quite a boomer history, having served on the Arcade & Attica, Penn View Mountain, and the New Hope & Ivyl... (more)

PRR 1223 in steam in the weeds behind the museum, switching onto the track to the turntable. The occasion is the 85th Anniversary of the Broadway Limited, and the 1223 is to be posed at Leaman Pl... (more)

The first GG-1 and the last E-44 are occupying the same turntable track in the mid-90s. "Old Rivets" still looked half-decent here, 13 years after her initial restoration by the Strasbu... (more)

What's now Amtrak's Metroliner Conference Car No. 9800 is seen here in its operating days rocketing past the half-hour Strasburg steam train power of the mid/late 80s. It was built by Budd as sna... (more)

The PRR 1361 is whistling for a farm crossing, as pacers on US Route 220 chase the 4-car train from Milesburg to Tyrone.

The first excursion of the restored PRR K4s No. 1361 is briefly bathed in sunlight, as it heads back to Tyrone and Altoona. The engine turned on the Bellefonte wye while excursionists enjoyed a b... (more)

Three locomotives originally built for the PRR pose for the camera in 1990. It's interesting to compare the boiler diameter of the 1914-built Atlantic to the 1905-built American Type No. 1223, wh... (more)

The PRR 1361's crew and a solitary railfan are scrutinizing an issue hidden behind the massive 27" X 28" cylinders. The locomotive had run to Bellefonte earlier in the day, turned on th... (more)

How many times did the 4800 roll by old LEMO Tower? There's some hope that groundbreaking on a new roundhouse at the RR Museum of PA will take place next spring, and there's also a chance that th... (more)

Pennsylvania D10sb 4-4-0 1223 was set aside by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of its historical collection, which was stored in the roundhouse in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. In 1965, the Amer... (more)

Doubleheaded Pennsy Steam!

Not much steam from the Pennsylvania Railroad survived the PRR dieselization, and only four locomotives that I know of have been steamed up since the 195... (more)

A Pennsy pickup trucks sits alongside a GG-1 during the URHS night photo shoot at their Boonton restoration facility.