Amtrak E-60 No. 975 leads a northbound train of Amfleet cars by Substation No. 17, just north of the 69.5 signal. The 975 was built by GE for Amtrak in March, 1976.

N&W Class-J No. 611, under PRR catenary and getting underway to Strasburg via the old No. 1 eastbound track, which is now the Strasburg Rail Road's interchange track. NS SD70ACe No. 1206, which h... (more)

N&W Class-A No. 1218 drifting downgrade, as seen from an open-window coach on the 1987 NRHS Convention Special bound for Radford from Roanoke.

The first Reading & Northern steam-powered fall foliage special of 2021, on its way from Reading, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA. The sound of the exhaust was as deafening as a jet-plane at takeoff; actual... (more)

A 2-car RDC special heading to Jim Thorpe, PA, about 25 minutes ahead of a following steam special. No. 9166 was built by Budd for the Boston & Maine in February of 1958.

The 611 in a driving rain on Memorial Day weekend 2021, accelerating out of Groff's Grove

Jersey Central No. 113 is easing onto the turntable at Port Clinton, to be turned for the run back to Minersville

Pennsy K4s No. 1361 is bathed in its own steam, just prior to the return trip to Altoona on a rainy Saturday in April of 1987. Imagine hand-firing this locomotive up the grades west of Philly, sa... (more)

A Steamtown 4-6-2/2-8-2 doubleheader, pulling 12 cars and crossing the great Nicholson Bridge in a photo runby. I recall detraining and piling into a school bus, which deposited us in a farmer's f... (more)

A-B Fs and an SD50-2 pulling a fall foliage special through Tamaqua in October of 2020. Note the unique profile of Trinity UCC above the lead unit's cab. For comparison, see photo 778855 on this... (more)

The stack talk was deafening, as Reading T-1 No. 2102 accelerated a string of hoppers down the Schuylkill Valley. The headlight was off, prototypically, per the Reading experts on hand that day, ... (more)

We're standing on the old PRR grade above Port Clinton for a view of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society's GP30/C630-powered railfan weekend special returning from Tamaqua. The loc... (more)

The Blue Mountain and Reading's CF7s have coupled up to a steam special, after the train had been hauled into town by 4-8-4 No. 2102. The original purple scheme has faded to a kind of periwinkle ... (more)

Pennsy K4s No. 1361 has a respectable 8 cars in tow, crossing over at ROSE with a Bellefonte-Altoona excursion. The limit for a K4s up the mountain was 6 cars; hopefully we will get to see No. 13... (more)

Pennsy Atlantic No. 7002 performing a runby with period cars from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, during the commemoration of the 85th anniversary of the PRR train, "The Broadway Limited... (more)