GG-1 4886 (Altoona-GE, 3-39) and a sister are starting their trek down the old PRR "Port Road" in the last year of GG1-powered freights. The line above the train is the now-abandoned At... (more)

Two old tonnage-maulers, comparing notes and giving us a chance to examine their different front-end styles.

A lot has changed at Odenton in the last 37 years- the old Pennsy gooseneck lamp is long-gone, the E60s are gone, and Odenton interlocking has been moved northward near Jackson Grove Road and has ... (more)

GG-1 No. 901 (Altoona / Westinghouse, April, 1940) is leading the National Limited westbound to its next stop in Harrisburg, in this scene from the summer of 1976. Note the PRR 152-lb jointed rai... (more)

A couple of GG-1s heading down the Port Road.

70-year old F3A No. 663 is posed on the Pocono Mountain grade, just west of Elmhurst. This locomotive was originally built for the Bangor & Aroostook RR in May, 1948 as their No. 44 and is on loa... (more)

We're in the cab of a 70-year old operating F3A with mostly original equipment, including the Barco speed recorder. No. 663 was built for the Bangor & Aroostook in May, 1948 as their No. 44 and i... (more)

A relatively rare clean-nose GG-1 leads a train of Heritage cars southbound on the center track at Aberdeen. It's the spring of 1978, and the Penn Central station sign still adorns the Aberdeen s... (more)

The only preserved Metroliner in its original configuration- PRR class MPC85E5, weighing in at 165,094#. Its rear door is also ajar; perhaps to allow air to circulate?

Mid-July saw some cosmetic work on the NKP 757, in anticipation of its move to Bellevue, Ohio.

A northbound Metroliner is trailing a long cloud of dust as it starts to decelerate for the Susquehanna River crossing. Note the different pantographs on the GE-equipped 1st car and the Westingho... (more)

Bygone days on the old NEC- my then 15-year old cousin is hanging out with me down by the depot as a northbound E44-powered freight rolls by.

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the kudzu-covered Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention. Today, the 587 is in pieces in Kentucky, and the 121... (more)

The NKP 765 crisply accelerates its train of coal hoppers past a throng of excursionists, chasers, and locals, during the 1991 NRHS Convention.

The 587 doubleheading with the 1218, rounding the big curve at Glen Alpine, on its way to the Southern Loops and Asheville.