Penn Central SW1500 no. 9224 is parked at Ashland Avenue with NYC caboose 21023. This trackage, or at least some of it belongs to the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad, one of several transfer ro... (more)

Little snow, but icy conditions greet ten year old PC 2653, a U25B built in December 1965, and a pair of Southern Pacific SD40s at Penn Central's 56th St. Yard in Chicago, IL. In a few months 2653... (more)

Penn Central Century 630 6327 poses for a portrait during a crew change stop at the Springfield, MA, station, while on the point of a westbound freight. The big Alco had been built for the Pennsyl... (more)

One of Penn Central's ex-PRR Century 630s fronts a five unit, three builder lashup getting underway out of the West Springfield, MA, yard ,heading into the Berkshires en route to Selkirk on the fo... (more)

As snow piles up in Lowell, MA, the A-B-A set of ex-New Haven Alco cab units in charge of Penn Central train LB-2 (Lowell, MA, to Boston via Framingham) prepares to get underway with interchange c... (more)

Penn Central SD45 6152 of Pennsy heritage is parked with other power on a bone chilling day at 56th St. Yard in Chicago, IL. The bankrupt carrier was only four months away from becoming Conrail, a... (more)

Penn Central GP40 3114 leads a caboose hop under the Rock Island overpass at Blue Island, IL on Chicago's south side. The hop is likely headed to one of several major yards connecting with western... (more)

This shot was taken around 1969 or 1970, shortly after the transition from NYC to PC. The view is looking east on the Michigan Central Porter Branch, with the N&W ex Wabash 4th District crossing i... (more)

Paoli, 1975; a 2-car train of eastbound Silverliner IVs is preparing to leave the old PRR 1953-built station and shelter. Major improvements are underway here today, with the two center tracks al... (more)

A pair of former New Haven/Virginian GE electrics, now working for Penn Central as their class E33, have just departed Enola Yard with an eastbound freight.

Following Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, classic GG1 electrics quickly took over all passenger trains between Penn Station and New Haven. Now at home in former NH territory, GG1 4901 sw... (more)

Penn Central began revenue operation of the DOT-owned United Aircraft TurboTrains in April 1969. On one of its first runs as PC train 3002 between New York and Boston, a Turbo glides into New Have... (more)

In its first summer of revenue service, a United Aircraft TurboTrain running as Penn Central train 3002 between New York and Boston speeds through the Pine Orchard section of Branford, CT, leaving... (more)

Metroliners on #4 pass a GG-1 powered freight with excess power on #3 that will soon leave the NEC at Lane Tower, pass under the #4 track flyover, and enter the PRR Waverly Yard complex.

This little Penn Central train consisting of an ex-New Haven SW1200 and an old coach was informally known as the Jitney, and it shuttled the four miles between the New Haven passenger station and ... (more)