Waiting for the crew on a beautiful Sunday morning.

When Conrail took the throttle from the hands of the Penn Central in 1976, there were hundreds of locomotives lined up in the graveyards of places like Altoona and elsewhere on its system. The big... (more)

South Scranton Reflection

The Shot of the Day...err trip perhaps!

On this particular weekend I made a little speed trip down to Scranton to spend 24 hrs with two o... (more)

During Steamtown's Railfest weekend, Amtrak had allowed for some equipment to be put on display for the weekend. A welcome sight with the ACS-64 electric engine, painted with a paint scheme honor... (more)

Low early morning sun illuminates the scene as two Delaware Lackawanna crews are busy shuffling power and preparing their consists for a day of work. Soon 3642 will head east as PO74.

Delaware Lackawanna C420 #405 sits parked in the sun at the Scranton Mall.

A mix of Delaware Lackawanna power sits in Scranton on a sunny January morning.

Starting the day the ALCO way.

The crew of PO74 has grabbed a cut of loaded grain cars off the siding at Nay Aug. Soon they will be underway eastbound, heading to the mill at Mt. Pocono. The train is framed by an old Lackawan... (more)

Reading FP7 No. 902, a 1980s/90s restoration project of the Lancaster Chapter NRHS, now greeting visitors at Steamtown

DL 2457, and DL 414 idle away under a full moon and cloudy skies at Bridge 60 in Scranton on a cold night.

An incredible amount of luck and timing found the former Lehigh Valley 414 working the local job in Scranton today. In a rare move taking empties after delivering salt for the City of Scranton.

Don's to do list Summer 2012.

Montreal Locomotive Works M636 3642 leads the PO74 with trailing Alcos 3007, 1804, 2403 and 2423 by the former Lackawanna Mattes Street Tower.

The Reading RS-3 that rests with a short "period" consist adjacent to Steamtown looks like it can use a new coat of paint. This unit was delivered to the Reading Company in 1952 and was... (more)