The Strasburg's 0-6-0 No. 31 is climbing the grade at the Cherry Hill "station," passing the famous sign- "Pop. 17 (More or Less.)" No. 31 (CN 7312) was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

A Buffalo-bound Conrail freight, leaving Enola and crossing the forty-eight 70-foot spans of Rockville Bridge on a cold, misty New Year's Eve, 1988

No. 90 panned at Paradise in 1986, while still sporting its long and lean look with an extended smokebox from the days of burning lower-grade coal on the Great Western Railway of Colorado.

A 1984-built SD50 leads two Geeps and what appears to be three NWs or SWs in tow eastbound on the old B&O mainline near Salisbury Viaduct.

The world's only preserved EMD E7, PRR Class EP-20 (Electro-Motive, Passenger, 2,000 HP) No. 5901 at the RR Museum of PA in 1990. This locomotive and its sister No. 5900 were built in September 1... (more)

A 1966-built ex-Pennsylvania Railroad SD40 pushes a westbound train into the now-closed 1904 Gallitzin Tunnel. The 1854 tunnel on the left, Summit, or Allegheny Tunnel, was rebuilt 1994-95 with tw... (more)

The fog is just beginning to lift, as a westbound Susquehanna freight led by an Alco Century 430 rumbles across historic Starrucca Viaduct in the fall of 1985. We had made the trip to see D&H det... (more)

A 1971-built ex-Penn Central SD40 leads a train out of the now-closed 1904 Gallitzin Tunnel. The 1854 tunnel on the right, Summit, or Allegheny Tunnel, was rebuilt 1994-95 with two tracks and cle... (more)

Early Conrail action in 1977, with an ex-EL SD45 and an ex-Pennsy SD40 under the wires at twilight in Columbia. No. 6067 was built in June of 1967 as the Erie-Lackawanna 3602 and No. 6349 was bui... (more)

A 600-series Harrisburg-Philadelphia Silverliner Service train, nearing the now-closed Eby-Chickies Road crossing. No. 230 was built by the St. Louis Car Co. in 1967 with left-hand controls, to pr... (more)

We're standing under the Main St. SW bridge, between two of the world's greatest steam locomotives- N&W Class A No. 1218 on the left, and C&O H-8 No. 1604 on the right. The location is the old Roa... (more)

A 1970-built ex-Penn Central SD40 leads a trainload of large diameter pipe westbound in the Juniata Valley. Today, there are only two tracks here and the code lines on the left are long-gone.

The Erie Heritage Unit leads an oil train eastbound under the old Pennsy 1937-38 catenary poles, with Harrisburg Yard and Blue Mountain in the background.

The Strasburg shop crew must have been asked "how's it going?" one too many times, judging by the message written in chalk on the boiler. The 475 first ran on the Strasburg on November ... (more)

Pennsy light Atlantic No. 7002 is ready to go, with a 5-car half hour train on the 4th of July in 1985. This locomotive was on the Strasburg roster from 1983 to 1989, and occasionally pulled main... (more)