Imagine for a minute you are finishing the sandwich you packed for lunch today (there is no such thing as 'fast food' yet), enjoying it with an ice cold 7oz. bottle of Coke, when along comes this ... (more)

The numberboard on the signal reads "88". The smokestack on the right of the signal reads "Taylor". This is a scene of the Bel-Del branch during the industrial era when smokestacks still smoked.

A Pennsy F unit and an RS-1 rattle along with yard freight in Conway.

A freight pulls away from Conway Yard. A geep (in the background) awaits its turn.

The westbound New York to St. Louis Penn-Texas roars through Jeannette.

Only 6 months on the property, PRR 8797 and mate are the sign of things to come. 8797 was renumbered to 5897 by PC and lasted into the Conrail era. In 1986 it was sold to Chicago Rail Link where... (more)

View from the fireman's seat on a GG-1. I bummed a cab ride on a freight from Lancaster to Camden. Got the following location backchannel: "You're eastbound approaching Paoli, PA on No.2 track, ... (more)

Pennsylvania was full of trains moving things made of steel as well as the raw materials for making steel. These are the memories gathered from my trips through Pennsylvania in the late 60's.

Looking out the back of a passing train, we see the PRR Erie-built 9458 on a freight. These were too big to build in Beloit, so FM contracted the work out to Erie after hiring famed industrial de... (more)

Pennsy N5 cabin car #477790 brings up the markers on the rear of a westbound empty reefer block. The ever vigilant eyes of the rear brakeman peer out the cabin window in an era prior to automated... (more)

Empty reefers march west at Mt. Union under the command of M1 Mountain-type 6903. At one time PRR had 10 westbound symbol trains to handle this type of traffic (Tankers/Reefers/Stock-EB Loads/WB ... (more)

Southbound at North Philly.

A southbound Congressional enters 30th Street Station with the Philadelphia Art Museum in the background. No statue of Rocky on the steps of the museum when that picture was taken!