The 9426 pours it on, smoking up Lebanon's twin bridges and rattling the windows of the row homes along Scull Street. New 136-lb rail has just been installed, but the salvage train has not yet pi... (more)

A three-train meet (they're all moving) as Amtrak 514 shoves GG-1 4859 to its temporary home west of Harrisburg's station, to allow track maintenance in the terminal area. The 4859 and the PRR ca... (more)

The Norfolk & Western 475 is running around its train of immaculately maintained cars at Leaman Place, where Abraham Lincoln spoke to a large crowd during a whistle stop, February 22, 1861, on his... (more)

The R&N 425 and CNJ 113 are catching the last rays of a late November sun as they storm out of Cressona Yard, returning to Minersville.

Working 2nd shift allowed me to catch this Conrail SD50 leading a weekday eastbound manifest past the classic Reading RR Lebanon Valley Branch signal in Sinking Spring. No. 6824 was built by EMD ... (more)

Someone had scrawled "Liz" on the nose of No. 4865, seen here as it waits on a crew with sister G No. 4856 at the head end of an intermodal train. The 4865 still retains its PRR-style n... (more)

The now-preserved 964 (at Strasburg, PA) is pulling a southbound Amfleet express under the intricate catenary, where the NEC bottlenecks from 3 to 2 tracks to cross Bush River Inlet.

Cornwall Branch action, as the 7545 hauls a string of coil cars from Lebanon Yard to Alcoa, near Cornwall. The train is coming off the old Cornwall Railroad onto the old Cornwall and Lebanon Rail... (more)

The Broadway Limited heads into the morning sun, with one of the GG-1s not picked up by Amtrak- No. 4894, built by PRR/GE in April 1940. I'm sure the passengers in the sleeper right behind the ba... (more)

An EMD SW1 has removed the HEP (head-end power) car from the Broadway Limited and is preparing to position it for the next morning's eastbound run, to be pulled by GG-1 No. 4913, at the left of th... (more)

Recently-rebuilt Metroliners add a splash of color to the bleak Maryland countryside, approaching the now-closed Chelsea Road crossing. Amtrak has moved sensitive equipment to the roof, out of th... (more)

The white-hatted foreman is down on his haunches to better scrutinize the progress of tie renewal on eastbound No. 1 Track. Tie-handling machine No. 1041's crew is manipulating some freshly creos... (more)

The Monongahela Heritage Unit leads the 22W onto the old Pennsy stone arch bridge over Sherman Creek, a 53.4 mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. The water level is much lower than usual... (more)

Fallen flag boxcars in pre-graffiti days lead Conrail's N5B caboose No. 22874 over the old stone arch bridge at the confluence of the Chickies (or Chiques) Creek and the Susquehanna River. The 22... (more)

Doubleheaded GG-1s 4913-4912 have just brought the Broadway Limited in from New York. The crew is preparing to uncouple the locomotives for their trip to the motor track and couple up the diesels... (more)