The ill-fated 601, not quite a year before it was wrecked in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, slowing to 90 mph for the Susquehanna River crossing.

Pennsy M1b No. 6755 (Altoona, 1930) is looking a bit forlorn without a sand dome, among other things. Hopefully, better days are ahead, with a new roundhouse in the planning stages, and funds ava... (more)

The NKP 759 has benefited from many years of indoor storage at Steamtown, and is seen here in a rare outside display during the 2015 visit of sister engine 765. Built by Lima in August, 1944, the... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s with 1935-built No. 4838 in the lead are northbound through Aberdeen with a mixed freight. Note the cut of piggyback cars on the head end.

The Pennsy Heritage Unit is rocking and rolling over the multiple grade crossings in Lebanon as it heads west to Harrisburg and beyond.

The last AEM-7 built shoves a Philly Chapter NRHS Special into the yard at West Trenton. Highlights of the day were visits to the airport and Norristown.

We're north of Roanoke waiting on the inbound 1987 NRHS Convention Special, catching some southbound freight action led by a long-hood forward U23B, still in its Southern Railway Paint scheme.

The Pennsy K4 and M1, jacketless for some time, are weathering the elements in the first major snowfall of December, 2017. There is hope for progress in the future; restoration funds have been ra... (more)

The engineer is looking in the mirror of his 1984-built ex-Missouri Pacific SD50 as he shoves a cut of hoppers into a siding in the PA Coal Region town of Cressona. The yard is ex-Reading/Conrail,... (more)

The B&O No. 7402, built by EMD in July of 1964, is part of the collection stored outside at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. If I'm not mistaken, it's one of only two preserved SD35s, the other being... (more)

Just another old EMD in 1987, the 7402 was fortunately preserved and can be seen today, outside at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. If I'm not mistaken, it's one of only two preserved SD35s, the othe... (more)

You never knew what you'd find stored over the weekend at Conrail's 16th Street facility in the 1980s and 90s. Here we have an ex-Penn Central 1972-built SW1500, some assorted Geeps, and an Ameri... (more)

The Pennsy K4 is oozing steam from every pore as its crew makes some adjustments. A live steam locomotive seems to exert an almost magnetic effect on the young and old alike.

Reading T-1 No. 2102 is heading up the valley of the Little Schuylkill River toward Tamaqua, recreating a view typical of the old "Reading Rambles" of the 1960s. (Except for the giant-sized power... (more)

The Reading Co. Technical & Historical Society's C630 and GP30 are posed for the cameras of the attendees of the Blue Mountain & Reading's 1991 railfan weekend. It's interesting to note the heigh... (more)