A GP40/SD50 combo pulls an empty CSX hopper train put of the siding and then from Main 2 to Main 1 at ... (more)

After a Chesapeake & Ohio SD50 arrived next to an empty CSX hopper train in Garrett, Pennsylvania, the... (more)

A Chesapeake & Ohio SD50 has arrived on the former Baltimore & Ohio main line at Garrett, Pennsylvania. The crew of a westbound... (more)

In the hole at Garrett, Pennsylvania, aa empty CSX hopper train waits for a power swap.

A westbound CSX intermodal train negotiates s reverse curve near Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.

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Since moving to a new home about a dozen miles from Strasburg, I have made an effort to find a way to combine steam with other local elements that only have chan... (more)

Having completed a brief stop after cresting the summit at Sand Patch, Pennsylvania, four second-generation geeps get a westbound pig train moving.

A pair of Conrail GP15-1’s works Abrams Yard near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Running with symbol ENS-101, a light power move consisting of three Conrail C40-8W’s passes Abrams Yard near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Conrail inherited a total of twenty-one SW1500’s from the Reading Company. The first delivery of eleven units featured AAR-B trucks. The remaining ten units were delivered with EMD;s Flexicoil tru... (more)

Three Conrail SW1500’s of Reading Company lineage are tied down in the former Reading Company yard at Abrams, Pennsylvania.

A pair of Conrail GP15-1’s lead an Abrams-based local across the Schuylkill River from Norristown to Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.

Conrail’s North Penn local, which was a second-trick job, allowed after-work opportunities for local photographers. Here it moves from Hatfield to Souderton, Pennsylvania on an August day.

An eastbound Norfolk Southern manifest passes an small farmstead near Myerstown, Pennsylvania. DC-to-AC conversions of EMD and GE origins lead the train.

Fall colors are still strong in parts of Central Pennsylvania. Here Strasburg 2-6-0 89 passes a late bloomer at Carpenters.