An Amtrak Acela Express catches the last rays of Sun, rounding the bend into Corydon, PA, in a race to New Jersey and New York by night fall.

Chessie System GP38 No. 3802 exits the roundhouse at the B&O Railroad Museum with a Chessie caboose in tow after a turntable demonstration. General Motors, Electro-Motive Division constructed the... (more)

Turntable demonstration at the B&O Railroad Museum

C&O "Yellow Belly" #490

One of my all time favorite locomotives - this time, a less often shared view of the fireman's side, thanks to a vacant track to the right left by the Museum's more)

C&O No. 490 steels the spotlight from the equally historic B&O "George Washington" 4-6-2 No. 5300.

C&O No. 490 was built by Alco in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as ... (more)

B&O EMC EA No. 51

B&O EA No. 51 was the first streamlined diesel locomotive delivered to the B&O in 1937. It set a stylistic precedent for future generations of EMC /EMD streamlined dies... (more)

The Stourbridge Lion

On exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD, are the remains of the original 1828 built Foster, Rastric & Company steam locomotive, purchased for us... (more)

An early morning westbound SEPTA commuter train sprints into Langhorne station at sunrise.

Late night Toast - AMTK No. 933 leads a northbound Regional Express past through Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, passing the small trailer like station and the now demolished Sunoco refinery. My early... (more)

Reading Terminal

Built in 1893 by the Reading Company, this passenger terminal and company headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia at the corner of 12th and Market S... (more)

AMTK No. 646 leads a southbound Regional Express into the station at Aberdeen, MD.

Built in 1943 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, this utilitarian station, barely one story tall with a large over... (more)

"The Cut"

The remnants of a portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch" in downtown Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built between 1881 and 1893 by the Philadelphia & Reading ... (more)

This is the elevated portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch", built between 1881 and 1893, located in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built by the Philadelphia & Readi... (more)

An old, vandalized and abandoned diner train car sits at the intersection of Broad and Noble in downtown Philadelphia.

Built in 1922, this car is former Reading Company dining car No. 1186. It... (more)

The Reading Company's Gateway to Philadelphia

Abandoned, forelorn and out of service, this is the former four track main of the once mighty Reading Railroad. It leads south into the ... (more)