A small diesel of the Netherlands railways moves a string of hoppers around the terminal area in Utrecht.

Celebration Bound

A layover in Amsterdam afforded me an opportunity to ride to Utrecht, which I had read was the home of the Netherland Railway Museum. As it turns out, I was more ... (more)

Passing through East View, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela’s Waynesburg Southern branch, a loaded coal train has a C36-7/SD50 leading it toward West Brownsville.

Oh, Crap, the Tourists are Coming Back!

At least some of the population is enjoying the COVID-induced quiet in the normally busy tourist area of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Tha... (more)

A pair of Conrail SD50’s bring a loaded coal train through East View on the Monongahela’s Waynesburg Southern branch.

A Conrail C36-7/SD50 combination hauls coal away from one of the mines on the Monongahela’s Waynesburg Southern branch. The train is on the huge fill at Rogersville, Pennsylvania, with part of the... (more)

A Monongahela caboose punctuates a coal drag that has just cleared the White Cottage tunnel on the Waynesburg Southern branch. By this time, cabooses were quickly becoming a rarity.

A westbound Maryland Midland train works through Detour, Maryland.

A westbound Maryland Midland train, with a former Burlington Northern SD24 for power, passes the Donald Six mill in Middleburg, Maryland.

One of the original members of the Maryland Midland roster idles in the engine terminal in Union Bridge Maryland. Today the Whitcomb 65-tonner is survives on the Hocking Valley Scenic.

In 1982, the Delaware & Hudson had 200 of its aging 50’ box cars rebuilt and modernized with cushioned underframes. At least part of the cost was underwritten by the state of New York, with the re... (more)

In the final light of day, a westbound train of empty hoppers departs the Baltimore & Ohio yard in Cumberland, Maryland.

A light engine move, with Western Maryland SD’s on both ends, rolls past the B&O station at Rockwood, Pennsylvania. The bridge in the background was part of Western Maryland’s connection between i... (more)

An eastbound Conrail train crosses from Allentown to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on one of Allentown Yard’s receiving tracks. A Penn Central SD40 and an Erie Lackawanna U36C lead the consist out of th... (more)

Loaded with coal bound for Public Service of Colorado’s Cherokee plant in Denver, Rio Grande Train 702 approaches Oak Creek, Colorado.