B&O 7610, part of a 3-unit helper set, is westbound–returning to its Brunswick base after shoving a freight over Barnesville Hill on the “Met”. The camera position is near C&O Canal Lock 29.... (more)

FLS/CSXT 1713 is getting a break from switching duties at Riverside Yard in South Baltimore. The former SBD 4613 (GP16) was born (12/1952) as CRR GP7 912, but rebuilt in 05/1981 and redesignated �... (more)

“17 Arches of Grace”
Built in 1847-48 by Erie predecessor New York and Erie Rail Road, the Starrucca Viaduct spans the wide valley of Starrucca Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna ... (more)

While Amtrak 42, the eastbound Pennsylvanian (NS 04T) pauses at Lewistown Jct. station to discharge and board passengers, intermodal NS 21J (Rutherford, PA-Chicago 63rd St, IL), with NS 364... (more)

“Mud on the Tarz”
EBT 2-ton freight truck No. 4, a 1953 Chevrolet 6400, poses in front of the turntable at the Rockhill Furnace shop complex during East Broad Top’s 60^th... (more)

“Scare Stripes”
A week after the resumption of passenger service to/from Jim Thorpe, freshly repainted RBMN 2013 leads a Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway “bike train” (Jim Thorpe to W... (more)

A pair of SD50s bookends an SD40-2 bringing Conrail OIPI (Oak Island to Conway) off the west end of Rockville Bridge into Marysville on No. 2 track, on April 24, 1988 at 15:40.

Lo... (more)

“Seven, Count ‘Em…7”
RF&P 145 plus six additional bring CSX R171 (formerly OBSS), the Orange Blossom Special-South, west through Rosedale on the (former B&O) Philadelphia... (more)

“Slow Off the MARC”
With Kawasaki cab car MARC 7852 on point, MARC 27, in push mode, powers MARC 525 southward, departing Perryville station. Despite the heavy snowfall, MARC operat... (more)

Northern Central Railway’s No. 17 York pauses at the New Freedom station to detrain passengers of a Glen Rock Express excursion.

The York is a replica Civil War-era 4-4-0 �... (more)

Two standard cab EMDs lead NS local C42 (Altoona/Rose Yard to Lewistown turn)—with 16 cars—east on No. 2 of the former PRR Middle Division. The Geeps are approaching the Quiet Valley Ca... (more)

East Binghamton to Roanoke manifest NS 11Z knocks down the signal at Stanley (H 95.4) on its trek south through the Shenandoah Valley.

Locomotives:
(1) NS 8090 (ES44AC)
(2) NS... (more)

“Line of Departure”
The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)

With no further work till Cumberland, CSX Q217 (empty auto racks, Philadelphia, PA-Louisville, KY), slips unmolested by Hancock yard on No. 1 Main in mid-afternoon. Configured 1+2+0, the power con... (more)

“I032 Over Wire”
Actually, the “wire” is long gone, but some of the catenary infrastructure lives on (such as this cat pole at milepost PD 1.4) along NS’s Port Road Branch. Thi... (more)