Amtrak's flagship passenger train, the Acela (known as the Acela Express until September of 2019), races south through Pennsylvania, captured here ducking the color position lights at Marcus Hook,... (more)

An eastbound early evening Amtrak Regional Express roars past a SEPTA commuter train the Cornwells Heights station just north of Philadelphia, in Bensalem, PA. A soon to set Sun makes its way acr... (more)

AMTK No. 2004 leads an early evening Acela Express north through Eddystone, PA, while en route to Philadelphia. Note the former still functioning PRR signal bridge in the background, its once all... (more)

Amtrak's Acela Express, led by AMTK No. 2004, leads a northbound train towards Philadelphia, PA, against the backdrop of the setting Sun. The set is captured ducking the signal bridge at Eddyston... (more)

Dream Becomes Reality…

"The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) T1 Steam Locomotive Trust is a non-profit organization that believes in thinking differently about preservation. Through hard wor... (more)

There just aren't many photographs of Pennsy's 4-4-4-4 T1's on RP.... yet!

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. 0-4-0T No. 51

A view from the rear of this unique 0-4-0T "Lokie" on display at the Number 9 Coal Mine. No. 51 was built for the Lehigh Coal & Navig... (more)

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. 0-4-0T No. 51

This unique 0-4-0T "Lokie" is a 4 wheeled 42" gauge tank switcher which was built for the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. at Lansfor... (more)

Canadian National 2-6-0 No. 89, former Grand Trunk Railway No. 1009, nee CN No. 911, is captured here in her last few years, working a lonely prairie branch. Perhaps she'll be spared from the scr... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's 2-6-0 No. 89 sits in the hole with a revenue freight as its 2-10-0 No. 90 prepares for its return trip to Ronks, PA with a passenger excursion. The commodity loaded within t... (more)

An early morning freight led by 2-6-0 No. 89 plies through the Amish farmlands of Lancaster en route to Strasburg, PA.

"The Setup"

In a scene "Out of the Past", Great Western No. 90 awakes from "The Big Sleep" at the Strasburg Rail Road. Some photographers approach night photography with a "Shadow of a D... (more)

Ready the Sun - cue the clouds! Can we get a plume? And... action! Sometimes puzzle pieces come together!

Downpour!

N&W No. 475 leads an excursion through the bucolic Amish countryside in Lancaster County, Pa, in the midst of a heavy downpour. Alas - this is the Strasburg Rail Road; ... (more)

While on loan to the Pennsylvania Railroad for testing, Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 No. 611 makes a visit to Strasburg, cutting away from the PRR main by the freight house at Leaman Place. Yeah... ... (more)