In a classic scene, recently painted in Pennsy tuscan red, GG1 4877 passes the manually operated crossing gates to couple to a northbound commuter train.

No, we're not in Vermont. This is a break-in run for CV 4904 on a transfer to the Detroit and Mackinac in Bay City after a rebuild and repaint by GTW in Battle Creak. This may in fact be one of ... (more)

Detroit and Toledo Shoreline GP7s 50 and 45 lead a transfer out of the south end of Lang Yard and swing onto the Toledo Terminal

This picture faces east to the diamond of the CN North-South route between London and Port Stanley, Ontario (the Talbot Subdivision) with the CN East/West route between Fort Erie and Windsor, Onta... (more)

One of the most meaningful aspects of the railfan hobby to me is the shared love of trains with my father. My father brought me on railfan trips from an early age, and I started taking print pict... (more)

Two F45s, a U25C, and an SD45 lead a BN freight into Pig's Eye yard in the midst of Milwaukee Road activity.

Conrail GG1s #4828 and #4867 emerge from under the flyover at Lane Tower with a southbound freight.

My father and I took a trip to Brown Yard to get one of two remaining EP-5s in operation for Conrail. We found EP-5 #4973 all right, but seeing both pantographs down was not a good sign. #4973 h... (more)

Early Conrail action at Waverly 5 Tower. Two former PC/PRR GP9s still in full PC paint lead a former PC/NYC U25B in fresh blue paint. This was a busy place in the early days of Conrail with seve... (more)

Conrail Blue E-44 #4423 leads E-44 #4430 and EMD GM10B #4976 on a freight entering the Northeast Corridor at Lane Tower. In the background, an Amtrak train can be seen that has just passed over t... (more)

The Pennsy built flyovers in several places to enable freights to cross into the center tracks of the Northeast Corridor without blocking the outside tracks. One such place is Lane tower, where t... (more)

Two PC EP-5s made it to Conrail, but they lasted less than a year in operation. My father and I took a trip to Brown yard to photograph #4973, but unfortunately it had failed on this day, and GP-... (more)