This shot is a companion to #705486. The engineer looks pretty comfortable. A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

At dusk, a United Aircraft TurboTrain races through Milford, CT, as it makes its way from Grand Central Terminal to Boston as Penn Central train 3002. This was the original three-car configuration... (more)

Six months after Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, Boston-Washington train #173, the Senator, emerges from one of the two short tunnels at East Haven, CT, behind an unpatched FL9 and an ex... (more)

It was nice to see that Walter actually caught the National Limited with more than one coach this time. A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection

I miss the electrified Port Road, perhaps my favorite piece of railroad. The electric motors and catenary were gone before I knew enough to go railfanning down here. Note the two E44 motors in t... (more)

Rainfanning does not look that much fun during a snowstorm. A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

A fresh coat of black paint has transformed New Haven RS1 0671 into Penn Central 9946. Along with its caboose it's about to depart Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, RI, to switch downtown custome... (more)

Race Street used to be such a neat place to hang out, with such variety of equipment. A Kim E. Piersol original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

On a winter morning, a pair of Penn Central E44s depart the big yard at Enola, PA, with a freight bound for points east. The lead unit still proudly wears its PRR keystone.

A pair of ex-New Haven Century 425s bracket an ex-New York Central U30B on a Penn Central freight rolling through an industrial neighborhood of Providence, RI. A dead-in-tow Alco switcher and an R... (more)

Flexi-Vans were an early form of intermodal containerized freight handling that was adopted in the 1960s by the New York Central and a few other railroads, utilizing specialized highway boxes and ... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad once rostered over 500 MP-54 class MUs, a design dating to 1915, but by 1971 newer equipment was coming on line to replace them. This set of owl-eyed MP-54s running as a ... (more)