Blueliners and Silverliners

Two generations of the former Reading electrification stand in the holding yard at Lansdale, Pennsylvania. To the left is a five-car Lineup of Blueliner... (more)

In anticipation of delivery of seven AEM7’s, SEPTA wanted to test the new locomotives’ burden on its electrical distribution supplying the former Reading electrification. A Sunday, the slowest day... (more)

Inbound METRA Train 1274 approaches its station stop in Western Springs, Illinois as a blazing sunset lights the western sky.

Norfolk & Western 1218 works its train through the reverse curve at Rectortown, Virginia.

Fire and Fury

Mount 1218 erupts all over the settlement of Rectortown, Virginia, as it works its way east toward Manassas and Alexandria. With a heavy train, a reverse curve, and a... (more)

Norfolk & Western 1218 thunders through the village of Happy Creek, Virginia on its way to Front Royal. It’s easy to understand why the people who lived near the rails were happy to see the demise... (more)

Norfolk & Western A-class 2-6-6-4 1218 shows off its articulation as it approaches the I-66 overpass near Markham, Virginia. This was an Alexandria – Front Royal excursion.

Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton GP38 217 switches the yard in Lima, Ohio.

Having dumped their loads for the Jones & Laughlin steel furnaces, hoppers are now being returned by the Cuyahoga Valley to interchange connections. Soon they will be back at the mines.

Hot Steel Coming Through!

Cuyahoga Valley SW8 802 pulls a couple of cars of molten steel through the Jones & Laughlin steel mill in Cleveland. The long-gone Clark Avenue bridge, c... (more)

Ingots, Ingots, Everywhere

Or, more correctly, ingot molds. The Cuyahoga Valley, not to be confused with the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic, was a steel mill switching road owned by Jones ... (more)

A Delaware & Hudson C424m illustrates what made Alcos so popular with railfans as it escorts a GP39-2 away from the East Binghamton sanding towers. The former Reading EMD, with the exception of so... (more)

A Susquehanna SD45 and two Delaware & Hudson GP39-2’s mingle with D&H Alcos at Conklin, New York. It’s interesting that the big G’s were eradicated from the Guilford paint scheme.

A look at Delaware and Hudson engine facility at East Binghamton Yard reveals a large variety of paint schemes. That Grey Helm Leasing GP40 is one of the better-looking HLCX units.

A Susquehanna SD45 and two Delaware and Hudson GP39-2’s make their way past the poured concrete tower at the east end of East Binghamton Yard. Note the former Central Vermont RS11 at the far right... (more)