An A-B-B-A set made up of former NYC F's and PRR GP-9B's, assigned to gravel train service, waits for a crew in the shadow of New Haven's iconic Coal tower. Photographer Ken Patton visited New Hav... (more)

PC 2028 awaits servicing at Dewitt in this photo by the late Bill Dechau.

6338 has had its sanders topped off as hostlers move the big Alco back to the ready line. Scanned from a slide taken by my father Rich Onorevole.

Why did the crew decide to open the nose door? Must have been some real air conditioning on this cold day. Train is heading over the B&M to Mechanicsville Yard.

It's a sunny February afternoon in Alliance, Ohio, and PC 1772 is southbound on what is now called the Bayard Branch. She has just started to cross the ex-PRR Fort Wayne line. Although she's in th... (more)

eastbound PC train crossing Sandusky Bay near Port Clinton, OH

Once in a while, one of the big Alcos would get loose from the Midwest and grace us with its presence on the Selkirk to Boston runs. Penn Central 6330 was the flagship of the Century 636 fleet. T... (more)

A switcher places 3 covered wagons and one geep on the ready track at Collinwood for their last trip west to the scrapper. The 1792 is the renumbered 1648, the only F to get the blue paint.

Just a few months into the Conrail era, a former PRR SD45 and another unidentified unit lead a southbound freight past Cold Springs tower and across the diamond of the Erie Lackawanna's Dayton Bra... (more)

A fast running westbound TOFC train is just about to hammer the T&OC diamond at Ridgeway interlocking on its way to Indianapolis and beyond. This was my first and only visit to Ridgeway, but I rec... (more)

A late running MO-7 has finished it's Akron pickup and is pumping air with 3 ex PC/NYC F7's, 1678, 1689, and 1821. This Motor yard (Cleveland) to Columbus train was usually through town at night.

set of power PC Stanley Yard, Toledo, OH

A Neat ABA Lashup An ex-NYC F7A, an ex-PRR GP9B, and another ex-NYC F7A.

What an ABA Lashup! PC F7A 1773 is ex-NYC 1773, while PC GP9B 3806 is a real B unit and ex-PRR 7232, and PC FA-2 1302 is ex-NYC 1102