N&W 1218 rolls south through Shipman, Virginia with a short freight train. The A is on a ferry move between Charlottesville and Roanoke.

Continuing on its “deadhead” move from Charlottesville to Roanoke, Virginia, N&W 1218 saves some diesel fuel for the company, bringing some freight through Covesville, Virginia. In four days, it w... (more)

One of the little publicized aspects of many N&W 1218 excursions was what happened when the destination did not have facilities to turn the huge 2-6-6-4. On this day, the A had led a long excursio... (more)

Once part of a Tuscan fleet that pulled varnish on the Great Broad Way, this Penn Central E8 has now been stripped of many parts and languishes in Conrail’s Altoona dead line. As soon as its two 5... (more)

As out-of-place as Susquehanna’s antiquated Alcos looked on a stack train, the caboose on the other end was just as much a rarity. By this time, waycars were almost unheard of on intermodal trains... (more)

Eastbound Susquehanna train NTV-4 drops into Deposit, New York behind two C430’s and a CF7. NTV-4 was one of the first stack trains to come to the east coast.

Five Susquehanna Alco Centuries come to life when the engineer opens the throttle at Deposit, New York. He has to get them moving quickly to have some momentum when they hit the Gulf Summit grade,... (more)

With 14,000 Alco 251 horsepower up front, a trouble-plagued Susquehanna haulage train rolls to a stop at Deposit, New York. The late-afternoon shadows are quickly approaching the railhead.

After acquiring its Northern Division, the Susquehanna instituted haulage trains to move freight over trackage rights on the former Erie main line between its two divisions. To get the trains over... (more)

Eastbound New York, Susquehanna & Western stack train NTV-4 crosses the Lackawaxen River at its confluence with the Delaware River. Two C430’s have an orphan CF7 assisting.

With a Conrail or Delaware & Hudson train sitting of the former Lackawanna main, an eastbound Susquehanna train waits for access to its yard in Binghamton, New York. Beside the Susquehanna-only C4... (more)

On a not-atypical gloomy day in Binghamton, New York, a New York, Susquehanna & Western train from Buffalo heads for the Suzy-Q’s yard there.

The first year of the Stourbridge Line’s operation occurred while freight service on the former Erie branch from the Southern Tier line at Lackawaxen to Honesdale, Pennsylvania was still being ope... (more)

WWhen the power-short Susquehanna bought a group of ex-Burlington Northern 45-Series diesels, they were quickly placed into service in full BN paint, or stenciled for NYSW with BN numbers. Here th... (more)

Wearing very faded Washington Terminal colors, A Tioga Central RS1 leads a passenger special out of Newark Valley, New York.