“Warsh Me”
In need of visiting the wash rack (and maybe the paint shop as well), Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4137 leads a late SLTT, the St. Louis Trailer Train, westbound on Track 1 o... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific EMD SD40-2s power a long double stack train southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt at La Grange, Illinois, on November 22, 1986. UP No. 4276 is former Missouri Pacific No. 3... (more)

Conrail’s yard in Lansdale, Pennsylvania served as a staging area for freight traffic on SEPTA’s North Penn, Doylestown, and Stony Creek branches. A local from Abrams Yard near King of Prussia... (more)

Less than a month old, a trio of Conrail C30-7As are seen awaiting their next assignment at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Note a traincrew's opinion about the new locomotive additions that was draw... (more)

Sometimes a GP38-2 Isn’t Enough

While I don’t recall the exact problem, the crew of a Conrail local switching a readi-mix concrete plant in Bowie, Maryland encountered an issue... (more)

Working inside the wye where Conrail’s Pope’s Creek Secondary meets the Northeast Corridor, a Conrail local switches cars at a readi-mix concrete plant in Bowie, Maryland. Behind the concrete... (more)

“Off on a Tangent”
CSX 0171, the Orange Blossom Special (formerly symbolled OBSS), powered by RF&P GP40-2 145 and GP40 126, plus three, is westbound at White Marsh on CSX’s (former... (more)

Everything is black. A pair of former Penn Central F7As are hooked to a former Penn Central Geep as the set of black units are staged in an equally dirty, grimy Colehour Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A Roger Puta Photograph

Conrail 7887 gives away its predecessor's image at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, OH, January 18, 1981. The unit is 10 years old in this photo, having been built for Penn Central as their 7887 in Feb... (more)

On Familiar Turf

Conrail SD35 6043 began life as Jersey Central 2504 in 1965. For the first seven years of its life, it regularly plied the rails between Jersey City, new Jersey, a... (more)

A pair of Amtrak F40PHs are seen bringing the Sweden-built X2000 past Joliet's Union Station. The X2000 was used in testing along the Northeast Corridor during 1992 and 1993 and was the predecess... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)

Westbound empty hoppers roll through Catasauqua, Pennsylvania on the former CNJ main line. I didn’t hear the symbol of this train, but I am inclined to think that the hoppers are headed to Hazle... (more)

NORMAN OK May 1978 -- Santa Fe FP45 5947 and GP38 3550 roll toward the Lindsay Street crossing from the south with a covered hopper train in tow. Very close to this location railroad surveyor Abne... (more)