The southbound Orange Blossom Special travels within sight of the Philadelphia Art Museum after exiting the tunnel that passes under the Oval in front of the iconic art museum steps. The t... (more)

Thanks to a Virginia law, one of the hottest freight trains to travel through Philadelphia still had a caboose in 1987. The end of the southbound Orange Blossom Special rolls along the Schu... (more)

An Acela arrives at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, with the city's skyline seen behind.

Westbound CSX ethanol train K610 crosses the former Pennsylvania Railroad's High Line through Philadelphia, PA with the new FMC tower nearing completion in the background. The train is passing thr... (more)

An Amtrak train heads west (south) on the Northeast Corridor, speeding through Holmesburg Junction in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Sunday. On this morning activity on Amtrak is close to normal lev... (more)

Something that was so common for decades is now a thing of the past. A stout little locomotive that became the face of Metroliner and the majority of the conventional trains on the NEC had a numb... (more)

Passengers head to board a train, passing a large sculpture titled "The Spirit of Transportation."

There's not much need for a caption on this one.

An Airport bound train passes through the open air space between the Suburban Station tunnel and 30th Street Station.

An eastbound CSX train arrives at East Side yard with a one-year–old C40-8W leading. CP/D&H train 700 is still waiting to proceed to Baltimore.

A set of CSX power heads to the East Side yard office while CP/D&H train 700, with a Soo leader, waits to proceed to Baltimore. In the background, a CSX train from Baltimore is just coming into vi... (more)

CP/D&H trains 700/701, sulfuric acid tank cars from Montreal to Baltimore and returning empties, frequently included MLW power in their locomotive consists. Getting them on the road with an MLW l... (more)

CP/D&H train 701, empty sulfuric acid tank cars, has arrived from Baltimore at CSX’ East Side Yard in Philadelphia. The power, an all-MLW M636/C424/M636 lashup, has uncoupled from its train so t... (more)

While waiting for my DC-bound train at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, I took the opportunity to get to the end of my platform to record this light E60 rolling through on the adjacent track. ... (more)