8175 is working hard getting out of the yard. PRR Class H10.
Two days after Christmas '52, a Pennsy steamer starts to pull a freight from deep in the yard. Check out what appears to be a smashboard-type paddle signal at the throat of the yard. PRR Class H1... (more)
Safety first. Where has the steam gone?
The keystone number plate from this locomotive was saved and resides in someone's personal collection>.
More flashbacks to the way it was from John's camera.
Two GP40-2s sandwiching a road slug and an SD40-2 powered this orange CSX ballast train into South Kearny Yard.
A toaster from another era waits for work with a boxcab.
Boxcab 4730 poses for John's camera. Boxcabs were built to haul passenger trains but ended up being relegated to freight service.
A John Dziobko 1953 color tour of the PRR Meadows Engine Terminal begins with this view of some tied-down boxcabs.
NJT P40DC 4800, a former Amtrak unit, has received a bunch of NJT specific mods to the cab and control stand like the ADU(Aspect Display Unit) above the radio, the Comet switches to the right of t... (more)
Conrail was still colorful at age 2
Still lots of repainting to be done; it will never come for the GG1s in the background, however
New road number is only evidence of transition to Conrail
Former Lehigh Valley unit, during transition to Conrail