It Ain't Easy...

...being the most photographed steam railroader in Pennsylvania. Fireman Stephen Lane minds his footing after putting down the fire hose used to fill #11's tender be... (more)

Summerhill Snow Show

Despite being mid-December, th weather has been rather warm. Around Altoona, snow doesn't exist, but in the upper elevations, the first thin blanket has begun to... (more)

Don't Let Her Size Fool You...

Central of New Jersey #113's proportions and smoke show belie her wheel arrangement. Despite being an 0-6-0, she looks and sounds like much larger road... (more)

Reading, Blue Mountain, & Northern GP30 2532 leads Railway Restoration Project 113's Santa Train out of Minersville, PA. In the background, the safety valve of Central of New Jersey #113, a 1923 A... (more)

Pieces of the Past, Fragments of the Future

NS 8102 charges past HUNT tower at 4th Street in Huntingdon, PA. The tower, long closed, now serves as offices for the Huntingdon County... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian lumbers over the Juniata River just east of Mount Union. While much of the folliage is dead in the region, it's amazing how late it has clung to Jack's Moun... (more)

Like the Autumn Leaves, Soon They Fall

With the last vestiges of autumn color desperately clinging to the trees, NS 9892 and 6 other units (including 2 ex-UP 90MACs) lead train 3... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road's ex-Great Western decapod #90 pulls the last hourly train up the grade from Cherry Hill in the golden light of a late November afternoon.

Past, Present, Future

Morristown & Erie Parlor-Observation 2006 Alexander Hamilton, nee Pennsylvania Railroad 7129, brings up the markers on Amtrak train 43 (NS 07T) more)

Out of the Fog

Central PA's favorite (and currently only) operating steam locomotive, Everett Railroad #11, breaks of of the mists on a brisk morning hauling the first of this year's... (more)

When Worlds Collide

All 4 eras of the Pittsburgh Line's ownership collide in one moment--NS 8098 throws shades of a decade past, when Conrail power could still be found leading after... (more)

They're Coming Offa the Wall!

Nittany & Bald Eagle 1603 and North Shore 2012 work their charge off 'the wall' on to Washington Avenue in Tyrone, PA on the former PRR Bald Eagle Bran... (more)

Dying Lights

In the light of a late, blazing-hot summer afternoon, 9215 knocks down the signals of CP-HUNT at the 4th Street crossing in Huntingdon, PA with the heat of the exhaust s... (more)

Running slightly behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian barrels under the MP 227 signals at Fostoria, PA. This scene is set to change soon as PTC advances up the Pittsburgh line from CP... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special climbs the eastern leg of a recently deforested Horseshoe Curve. With the trees out of the way between the signal boxes, it's possible to get shots using any ... (more)