Three CSX six-axle units bring a train of empty hoppers through East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. The train originated at Bethlehem Steel and is on its way back to mines in CSX territory.

After picking up cars set off by 37T at Penobscot, YJPI heads downgrade into Pittston with an SD50 and SD40-2 for power.

While the New St. Nick Extra is loaded on the New Side pad at Reading Anthracite, five rusty hoppers sit on the Old Side next to the lab that tests samples from each car for various qualities.

RBMN SD50 5014 and SD38 2000 power an "indexer" (mine run) at Reading Anthracite's New St. Nick facility in Minersville. A stockpile builds on the Old Side to the left of the engine whil... (more)

A pair of ex-CR SD50s lead an SD70M-2 on hot westbound 21M as they pass through Annville on the former Reading Harrisburg Line.

A pair of Chicago & North Western EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993, as C&NW’s Proviso to Itasca freight finishes up making a pi... (more)

In the fall of 1994 I made a visit to the famous Sand Patch grade. Traffic was plentiful that day and the weather and fall color was fantastic. While predecessor colors were still fairly common I ... (more)

The LNRX crew brings a coal train off the Greenwood Running Track in Tamaqua. LNRX is an "Indexing" job that loaded the train at Lehigh Natural Sources. Once they clear the interlocking,... (more)

On an overcast, gray morning CR 6796 leads a westbound manifest through the crossover at Hunt interlocking. Remnants of this location's PRR heritage exist - from the keystone station sign on the p... (more)

CR 6764 leads a westbound mail train through Leshville, PA in the autumn of '94. It was a Sunday and power was being excessed west, thus the large assortment of power.

The Roads No Longer Taken

Four years after a landslide at Thistle, Utah blocked the Spanish Fork River with thousands of tons of earth, wiping out the town, a westbound Rio Grande ... (more)

Moving through the area known as Detour in the Rio Grande timetable, a westbound D&RGW manifest works its way down the Soldier Summit grade.

The grade involved in descending the Gilluly Loops is evident in this view of a westbound Rio Grande freight approaching the Route 6 overpass.

With a fresh snowfall blanketing the landscape, a short NRFF accelerates to 40mph in Rickenbach's Cut after departing North Reading Yard. The four engines will make easy work of the 10-car northbo... (more)

As the sun sets former Conrail SD50, absorbed by NS in the break up of Conrail, pulls a short NS 27V autorack train westbound past the old Wabash searchlight signal protecting the east of of the L... (more)