Push-Pull train crossing French Creek westbound

Lansdale, Pa based local servicing Moyer & Son feed mill.

Substituting for RDC.

A light power set drifts by near Hager tower, behind the photographer. This power is seen again in this photo. T... (more)

It was cheaper for the PRR to lease servicable steam, such as these Reading T-1s, rather than perform expensive class repairs (essentially rebuilds) on their own steamers destined to the scrap hea... (more)

Here's a going-away shot of the Crusader at speed, this photo may have appeared in Passenger Train Journal. The train was converted to diesel power in '52, a set of the FP7s is in charge of the 5... (more)

A streamlined Pacific GS1sas leads The Crusader, train #614 (the afternoon eastbound) past the Skillman depot. I'm told by a fellow who enhanced the pic that this is the #117. In 1947, the Crusa... (more)

A Reading M1sa "Big Dutch Mike" leads an Autumn afternoon westbound on the "platform track" as seen from Camp Meeting Avenue overpass. It's a good bet that this freight stopped to do work at pest... (more)

This is Reading M1sa #1705 - an Anthracite Road Mike. Note the huge Wooten Firebox, designed to ignite anthracite (and culm left over from coal processing ). It is named for inventor John E. Woo... (more)

27 loads of anthracite bound for West Cressona Yard

Eastbound toward Philadelphia at Lebanon Valley Junction.

Reading GP30 No 5513 at an unknown location by an unknown photographer. Postscript Nov 2012. We now know that this photo was taken in the Western Maryland Yard at Hagerstown, Maryland. Thanks Jim... (more)

Cresting four-mile 1.1% Perkasie grade bound for Bethlehem steel in Bethlehem, Pa.