A lone Pennsy geep with a single reefer sits out on the main while a steam-powered train waits in the the distance by the tower. Soon the PRR 6967 Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 8572
Train ID: yard engine
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

Ore empties move east behind Baldwin sharks. John's railfanning companion was his longtime friend the late Bill Rosenberg of Kew Gardens, Long Island, N.Y., and the method of transport for this 3... (more)

A lone geep drills the yard on a colorless New Years Eve, 1956. For a more colorful view of this same engine a few minutes later out on the main, click Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 8572
Train ID: yard job
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

A Mountain-type M1a is tied onto a manifest out on the main at Lewistown. Thanks to Mr. Hess for the research on the locomotive number. To see the same train getting underway, click Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-2
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 6967
Train ID: manifest
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

This M1a is being hostled to its train. Click on "PRR 6769" above to see the other views of this engine that afternoon in 1956.

In the pit at Lewistown the fires are simmering. Decapod I1s 4233 surrendered it's PRR number to a renumbered E7A after retirement.

JVRR 2106 crosses Business Route 22 in downtown Lewistown as it heads towards the NS interchange.

The conductor enjoys the frsh air from the platform as the JV rolls up Water Street and towards Burnham

Westbound mixed freight on the Pittsburgh Line is passing Lewistown Yard.

On the heels of 18N, NS 955 behind an A-B-A set of F-units glides past the Lewistown station at 11:36PM. The station is the oldest surviving building built by the PRR in the 1800's and conitnues t... (more)