PRR 7555 under steam at Shamokin. From railpictures.net viewer Toby Schwartzman, "I believe that..was taken..in the Pennsy yard, which is now occupied by Weis Markets. In the upper right corner..... (more)

Pennsy 4390 takes on water at Crowl. The Shamokin branch ran 27 miles from the Susquehanna at Sunbury, PA., to an interchange with the LV at Mt. Carmel, PA., and saw a lot of ore moves. Thanks t... (more)

John gets the stare-down from the hogger on Decapod I1s 4650. 123 of these brutes were built at Altoona, the last one worked until 1957.

In the pit at Lewistown the fires are simmering. Decapod I1s 4233 surrendered it's PRR number to a renumbered E7A after retirement.

Leased RDG power waits for a signal. The double headed power is just a few hundred yards back from the lone T1 shot ... (more)

Leased RDG steam on the Pennsy sits in the hole at Williamsport. Note the plume of smoke of an approaching train or possibly an engine working the Newberry Yard, seen above the car. All this is ... (more)

Renovo was still a steamy place in 1956. PRR Class H10.

A battered and bruised M1 6973 gets a refill at the coal chute in Renovo.

The T-1s were all under fire that day in Renovo. John reports that Pennsy paid a buck a day for the use of these engines.

When PRR returned these engines to the Reading in '57 they were much worse for the wear thanks to poor coal and virtually no maintenence during their stint on the Standard Railroad of the World. ... (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)

While under lease to the Pennsy, the RR ran em like railfans run rental cars. If you'll excuse the metaphor, burning soft coal and running them hard while performing only minimal maintenence took... (more)

The reason John is in Renovo soon becomes apparent, as 2 months earlier a power short Pennsy leased nine of these 10-year-old Northerns from the Reading for work in places like the non-cab signall... (more)

Another image from a whole plate glass negative showing Philadelphia & Reading Railway 4-6-0 No 182. Note the dangerously large gap between tender and engine which the fireman is demonstrating wit... (more)

Here is a really old American photo showing 4-4-0 No 6 of the Jacksoville, Tampa & Key West Railroad. The photo would have been taken sometime betwen 1885 when the line opened and soon after 1893 ... (more)