A former Santa Fe GE B23-7 shoves a string of tank cars into one of the many industries within the Pureland Industrial Complex. While the SMS has a mostly Baldwin sister, there are a few exception... (more)

A pair of light SD50’s crosses the Schuylkill River Viaduct in the West Falls section of Philadelphia. The stone arch structure was built by Reading Company predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Rail... (more)

Philadelphia-bound hoppers roll eastbound through Belmont on the former Reading main line. The road on the hill above the train is the Schuylkill Expressway, sometimes known as the world’s longest... (more)

It’s late afternoon on a March day, and Conrail’s North Penn local is headed into electrified territory to work SEPTA’s North Penn line. The commuter traffic on the line dictated that it be switch... (more)

Conrail’s North Penn local is switching its train in the Lansdale, Pennsylvania yard, and has pulled a longer cut down to the passenger platforms. A SEPTA employee pauses from his shoveling to wat... (more)

Shovels and Brooms

After an overnight snowfall that left several inches of snow blanketing southeastern Pennsylvania, the first order of business for the crew of Conrail’s North Pe... (more)

Recently restored locomotive 8408 sits in Marshallton Yard along with ex Erie Lackawanna caboose 149. 8408 is repainted in the Baltimore and Ohio she use to dawn many decades ago. 8408 was origina... (more)

Conrail’s yard in Lansdale, Pennsylvania served as a staging area for freight traffic on SEPTA’s North Penn, Doylestown, and Stony Creek branches. A local from Abrams Yard near King of Prussia wou... (more)

A SEPTA Regional Rail Train passes under the former Pennsylvania Railroad Signals in Paoli, Pennsylvania on 12/30/2016 at sunset.

The "East Coast Champion" passing Nassau Tower on its way south

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)

An eastbound trailer train races by the platform in Princeton Junction on April 17, 1977. Over a year into Conrail but still looking completely Penn Central.

For a couple months in 1977, just before the end of all MP54s on Conrail's commuter lines, a pair of the old cars replaced the normal Jersey Arrow on the Princeton Dinky (aka PJ & B - Princeton Ju... (more)

A Conrail freight train led by a long-hood front U23B (so it's facing forward believe it or not, these units were known as "Long Snauters") passes through Princeton Junction on April Fool's Day 19... (more)

Conrail train PYSE (Potomac Yard – Selkirk) pours it on as it rolls through SEPTA’s West Trenton , New Jersey station. The train is approaching the end of SEPTA’s former Reading suburban electrif... (more)