The Ringling Brothers circus train (I don’t recall which unit) threads its way through the crossovers at Wyomissing Junction, Pennsylvania. The train is headed for the Reading Belt line via Vall... (more)

The Ringling Brothers circus train began its day in Philadelphia, and is now getting ready to proceed west from Altoona. Two GP40-2’s have been adequate to get the train to Altoona, but now an S... (more)

A westbound empty hopper train charges past Conrail’s Juniata shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The helpers for the grade to Gallitzin haven’t yet been added, but I’m sure that the C36-7/SD40 ... (more)

An eclectic mix of Conrail power prepares to leave Allentown yard with a westbound train. The lashup includes a C36-7, an SD50, a U36B originally built for Auto Train, an SD38, and an MT6 slug. Th... (more)

A TV intermodal train makes a brief stop at Collinwood Yard on Cleveland's east side for a crew change and fuel stop. This Chicago originated train is headed for either the greater New York area o... (more)

A westbound Conrail train with two ex-Lehigh & Hudson River C420’s accelerates into the long tangent at Treichlers, Pennsylvania. The siding to the left has a nice assortment of 40-foot box cars... (more)

A pair of Conrail locomotives pass the ex-Reading water tank on the old Bethlehem Branch at Sellersville, Pa.

Two Penn Central E-44s with sand-encrusted trucks pull a westbound mineral train into the setting sun along the Enola Branch.

Amtrak’s westbound Lake Shore Limited flies through New Carlisle, Indiana, at 1:57 p.m. on the afternoon of February 25, 1990. Freshly-painted Conrail GE B23-7 No. 2020 normally hauls freight, b... (more)

SD50 6834 leads GE C40-8, SD50 and SD40-2 Westbound. This was the last SD50 Conrail received in its final two orders (6780-6834) with larger 4,500 gallon tanks, one of the largest fuel tanks EMD m... (more)

A coal train lead by two of Conrail's unique C30-7A sits waiting for clearance to go from the Pittsburgh Line through Wing Interlocking to take the Port Perry Branch and head south down the Mon Li... (more)

A westbound auto rack train exits Wing Interlocking as it rounds the bend in in front of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

A westbound auto parts train passes under the Pennsylvania Turnpike with headed up by two of Conrail's big G.E.'s. The lead unit still wearing its original paint scheme, the one that the current N... (more)

Conrail's Selikirk to Washington DC freight (aka "The Washingtonian") heads through fresh snow gleaming against the newish EMD and GE's fresh blue paint.

Serenade in blue: The distant roar of power steadily becomes louder as a heavy westbound manifest works up the grade. Coming out of Scotch Run curve and passing MP 241 the sound is overwhelming an... (more)