The Blues Brothers roll a southbound Belew's Creek coal train through Starkey, Va., on its way from Roanoke.

A westbound Conrail freight swings under the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad signals at McElhattan, Pa.

Pittsburg & Shawmut 1775 is working for the Lycoming Valley as it powers a train from Newberry Yard in Williamsport, Pa., to Jersey Shore Steel in Avis.

"Baltimore & Ohio 800" emerges from the south portal of Howard Tunnel on the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Northern Central Branch with a mantrap sponsored by the Chesapeake Division of the Railroad En... (more)

The boss has arrived, so you have to do it by the book! A tower operator hoops up orders to Pennsylvania Railroad GP9 No. 7000 as it leads a Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines train from Cape May... (more)

A set of Rail Diesel Cars pause at Tuckahoe, N.J., after coming up the branch from Ocean City. the conductor chats up a lady on the platform. This scene was part of the Spring Festival hosted by C... (more)

A southbound train on Cape May Seashore Lines passes the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines tower at Tuckahoe, N.J. The train is operating as part of the Spring Festival sponsored by the United R... (more)

A set of Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines RDC cars are coming off the Ocean City Branch, while a train from Cape May using Pennsylvania Railroad equipment stops across the platform at Tuckahoe,... (more)

A SEPTA Silverliner IV rolls underneath a set of color position light signals on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor as it brakes for its station stop in Chester, Pa.

The "candy cane train" (the Herzog ballast train) patiently waits at Rockville for a recrew before proceeding on east.

When all the cows want to be in the picture -- a herd of heifers wander over to see what the photographer is up to and pose for the shot while a Keystone Corridor train races behind the Amish farm... (more)

Ever since PTC was implemented on Amtrak's Keystone Corridor the Pennsylvanian has had to have a PTC-equipped electric running ahead of its non-PTC equipped P42 diesel. On this day, the con... (more)

Norfolk Southern local H76 has a one-car special assignment -- deliver ex-Pennsylvania Railroad doodlebug No. 4666 to the Allentown & Auburn at Topton, Pa. The doodlebug has spent the past three d... (more)

A New Jersey Transit dual-mode locomotive leads a northbound train across the Raritan River as sunset approaches.

A New Jersey Transit electric locomotive leads a northbound train across the Raritan River as sunset approaches.