By August of 1977 the three remaining Penn Central E7s in North Jersey Coast Line service were real railfan favorites that everyone was trying to shoot. I, being 15 and using the commuter trains t... (more)

The classic manually operated crossing gates in South Amboy are lowered for a classic GGI puling classic P70 coaches while the Conrail roustabout with a patched ex Penn Central U25C pulls past a s... (more)

A recently patched former Penn Central GG1 with new New Jersey DOT lettering backs onto a New York City bound train from Bay Head.

After pulling off their train in order to make way for the GG1 waiting in the distance, a pair of Penn Central E8s pull across the manually operated grade crossing and head towards the engine hous... (more)

Nearly 40 years ago, while a 15-year-old pup, I got up early one morning and went into work with my dad. He dropped me at Penn Station Newark and I rode a Conrail North Jersey Coast Line train to ... (more)

Union Pacific's J Yard power awaits its next assignment beneath the watch of the huge Sears building in the background.

Starting the year off right with heritage in the sun. The Union Pacific's Rio Grande heritage ACe leads an Extra Calamet over the Los Angeles River as it pulls off the Alameda Corridor an onto the... (more)

The Leesedale Local, having just passed through the "Chats Tunnels" in the "Santa Sues" turns into a bright setting sun on its way to Oxnard where it will swap loads for pulls ... (more)

SEPTA Media Line cars wait out the weekend near the 69th Street Terminal on a summer day in 1977. The two cars on the left and center are Brilliners and the cars on the right are Brill Master Unit... (more)

The Gulf Oil SEPTA scheme (named because of its similarity to the Gulf Oil sign) didn't last all that long. Back at the time I took this shot it actually seemed kind of dashing, but I was lost in ... (more)

This was the first of three (or maybe four) trips I would take to 69th Street in Upper Darby, where the oldest of interurban style trolley cars were still running. This "St. Louie" looks... (more)

For awhile in the late 1970s there was a deadline sitting along Route 9 in Croton NY with a selection of the original PC/MTA painted FL9s (with white nose) and some never repainted New Haven units... (more)

An eastbound trailer train races by the platform in Princeton Junction on April 17, 1977. Over a year into Conrail but still looking completely Penn Central.

The first Watson has been pulling long loaded trains of propane out of the Chevron refinery in El Segundo lately. This train was 21 cars long and crested the hill with power that made it look like... (more)

A northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner pulls into the Van Nuys station while a post Christmas crowd waits to go home and the wonderful Amtrak agent waits to both load and unload checked bags.