Following the return of a Rail Ramble to the Philadelphia area, Reading's T-1 No. 2124 would return lite to Reading. It turned on the wye at West Falls. Here, after a visit with towerman Joe Coult... (more)

Making an incredible din, a heavy PT97 with five matched corporates slugs up the pocono summit north of Harvest Mills with a heavy freight in the light rain.

Wabash E8 1009 has been right at home for 3 years at the Virginia Museum of Transportation following an outstanding restoration prior to it's ride to the grounds. I am told that this was also EMD'... (more)

ACS-64 #648 leads Keystone Service Train 646 past Edison Station on Track 3 on Good Friday 2017. Visible in the distance is Northeast Regional Train 86, running a few minutes behind schedule.

President Washington

In 1927, the Baltimore and Ohio ordered 20 P-7 class Pacifics for service on the New York – Washington Royal Blue Line service. In an attempt to gain notice ... (more)

The First E-Unit

A shortened version of the Royal Blue stands in Baltimore. Of course, this is not Camden Station, but rather the nearby Mount Clare shops complex, which has... (more)

AAR Golden Spike Special A Roger Puta Photograph

A Washington-bound MARC train rolls into its station stop at Bowie, Maryland on an April day in 1988. Much has changed over the 29 years since this photo was taken. The MARC AEM-7 fleet is on the ... (more)

A northbound freight train crosses Powells Creek at Woodbridge, Virginia.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum's prized 4-4-0 No. 25, an 1856 Mason Machine Works survivor is seen here at the Museum's back shop undergoing its mandatory 1472 service inspection and overh... (more)

C&O "Yellow Belly" #490

One of my all time favorite locomotives - this time, a rarely seen view of the fireman's side, thanks to a vacant track to the right left by the Museum's Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: CO 490
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 02, 2016

Amtrak EMD NPCU No. 406 is wrapped for Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express passenger service to the ski resort and is used on the east end of the 8-car train. No. 406 sits in the siding at Fraser w... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad G5s Juniata class of 1924 with E7 5901 in background.

Fifty-six year old SEPTA MU car 9125 spends the weekend at West Trenton, New Jersey. Incredibly, the car is in revenue service in relatively fresh paint, its third paint scheme. Beginning life in ... (more)

Just another day at the office for this engineer.