Conrail glory days, with two SD50s westbound around 14th Street in Lebanon. The classic Reading Lines signal and the crossover switches were later removed by Norfolk Southern. The 6824 was built... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad's No. 4890 (Altoona-GE, March, 1940) was looking pretty good here at the B&O Museum in 1991. Author Karl R. Zimmermann, in his book "The Remarkable GG1" said of this pai... (more)

Two 1966-built SD40s are pushing an eastbound freight up the old B&O mainline, with a Vesuvian plume of smoke emanating from the ex-WM unit, No. 7572.

The boys are walking the Pennsy K4 around the wye, eyeing the rails. It's good no one was looking at the front driver, which seems to be "on edge." She made it around OK, though.

Hilton is planning a 74-room boutique hotel in the former Lititz chocolate factory site called "The Wilbur." Wilbur Chocolate (known for their "Wilbur Buds" delicacy) closed i... (more)

Hurricane Eloise's flooding of the Harrisburg substation has displaced the usual GG-1 on Train 30 with an A-B-B set of E-Units under the wires.

"Mollie" 382 is posing with the Lerro Productions' models in 1940s clothing alongside the Strasburg's Victorian station. The building was cut into nine pieces in 1960 and moved to East ... (more)

An ex-Pennsy E8 (left) is posed in front of the same "Safety First" emblazoned building that housed its K4s predecessors in the late 50s. Note the different nose striping.

Pennsy K4s No. 1361 is pulling its tool car through the wye at Bellefonte, after having arrived from Vail with an excursion train.

The "Clinchfield 676" (UP 3985) is deadheading down the old C&O two days prior to the 50th anniversary run of the Santa Claus Special.

The Kansas City bound National Limited is crossing a barren early spring Lancaster County landscape on its way to Harrisburg for an engine change to diesels. 33-year old No. 917 (PRR 4919, Altoon... (more)

Never to be repeated- a Conrail local heads out the Cornwall Secondary with a carload of newsprint for the "Lebanon Daily News." This line is now a rail-trail.

Here's a 1991 photo of one of the Rohr RTL Turboliners that was recently pulled out of storage by Amtrak for training purposes. No. 162 is now in a version of the Phase V paint scheme, and has be... (more)

PRR K4s No. 1361 is highballing along with eight cars in tow, on its way back to Altoona.

Our perch high above the swollen Susquehanna River affords an opportunity to compare EMD models SW7 and SW9 switchers on a transfer run west out of Enola. Ex-NYC No. 8851 (built 2-50) is leading ... (more)