The Erie Heritage Unit leads an oil train eastbound under the old Pennsy 1937-38 catenary poles, with Harrisburg Yard and Blue Mountain in the background.

The Strasburg shop crew must have been asked "how's it going?" one too many times, judging by the message written in chalk on the boiler. The 475 first ran on the Strasburg on November ... (more)

Pennsy light Atlantic No. 7002 is ready to go, with a 5-car half hour train on the 4th of July in 1985. This locomotive was on the Strasburg roster from 1983 to 1989, and occasionally pulled main... (more)

A 1993-built standard cab SD70 is passing under the PA Route 72 twin bridges in Lebanon. Note the "bloody bucket" symbol to the left of the locomotive, incorporated into the design of t... (more)

Heading out the old B&O Mountain Sub behind CSX A-B-A F-Units and two MARC Geeps bracketing another F-Unit. The special traversed the Seventeen Mile, Cranberry, Cheat River, and Newburg Grades, t... (more)

Old No. 90 with her extended smokebox, passing J-Tower. This photo illustrates the re-erection of J-Tower (a.k.a. LEMO Tower) a month before the 1985 convention of the National Railway Historical ... (more)

A 1966-built SD40 leads a 2-unit helper set on the point of a westbound intermodal rounding the old B&O's horseshoe curve at Mance

The C&O 614 with twelve cars on a photo runby, just after climbing Seventeen Mile Grade in the late summer of 1981

It's the 765 by a nose, with the 1225 placing, and the coventioneers, locals, and railfans enjoying the show. The occasion was the 1991 NRHS National Convention, hosted by the Collis P. Huntingto... (more)

The Monongehela Heritage Unit passing Lebanon landmarks, L to R; the old city garage, Scull Street row homes, Yale Electric Supply, the 1900-built Reading passenger station, and the old Railroad H... (more)

Riding behind Reading T-1 No. 2102 in 1985, from Temple, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA. The trip commemorated the 40th anniversary of the building of the first T-1 in the Reading Shops in 1945.

Pennsy D16sb No. 1223 running around its train at J-Tower (aka LEMO Tower, for Lemoyne, PA) near the Route 741 grade crossing. Originally restored by the Lancaster Chapter NRHS, the tower has rec... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s by the northbound platform at Aberdeen in June of 1976. Note the old Pennsy gooseneck lamps. This scene is dominated by a highway overpass today, and the freight siding to the... (more)

Quite a gathering of USA railroading icons at Strasburg in June of 2015; L to R- PRR M1b 6755, PRR GG1 4800, PRR L1s 520, AMTK AEM7 915, and NS F9A 4270.

The "triple-8" Metroliner parlor car (PRR Class MPP85E5) leads a 3-car set under the 1923-built US Route 30 Bridge at Paradise. Note the old Pennsy 152-lb jointed rail on the Strasburg's siding a... (more)