Westbound PC train South Bend
The Broadway Limited heads into the morning sun, with one of the GG-1s not picked up by Amtrak- No. 4894, built by PRR/GE in April 1940. I'm sure the passengers in the sleeper right behind the ba... (more)
Valentine's Day 1976, and the Penn Central Era is drawing to a close, as two GG-1s head west on the A&S Branch. The 4870 was built by PRR/Westinghouse in December 1938, and its sister No. 4838 wa... (more)
An E44-powered freight slowly moves off the Columbia Branch, crossing Walnut Street and passing the 1877-built PRR station. Note the high trolley wire within the terminal area. No. 4421 was buil... (more)
A very bad day for a Penn Central U25C- talk about smoking up the catenary! Built by GE in December 1965 for the PRR, the 6511 would survive into the Conrail era, eventually renumbered as 6811.
Valentine's Day 1976, with an A-B-A set of eastbound ex-PRR GP9s. This 5,250 hp combo was probably the final nail in the coffin for PRR steam on its old Middle Division, supplanting the storied M... (more)
Westbound on the Middle Division by "Jacks" Tower, located west of Mount Union, PA, on Valentines Day in 1976.
The brakeman is riding the front platform of an ex-Pennsy SW9 built in April, 1953 (PRR 8542) as it trundles into town off the Columbia Branch from Lancaster.
Four GG-1s are pulling a westbound Trail-Van train along the weed-choked Atglen & Susquehanna Branch. It was very rare to see more than two GG-1s on a freight; perhaps this was a power move to Ha... (more)
My cousin and I are preparing to board a Phillies Baseball Special in the South Philly yards for the trip back to E-town. I can't imagine an event like this taking place today- 12 MU cars of peop... (more)
Bill Clynes photo. Bill road with son Tom from Boston to Providence.
The Penn Central heritage unit is on former Penn Central (New York Central) rails as the CSX Port Job builds an empty oil train, K011-03, at the Buckeye Terminal at the Port of Albany. Operating u... (more)
A Roger Puta Photograph
