In 1985, the New York, Susquehanna and Western acquired the former Lehigh & Hudson River between Franklin and Sparta Junction, New Jersey. It already held title to the L&HR main between Franklin a... (more)

Eastbound Susquehanna stack train NTV-4 is pulled onto the NYS&W Northern Division in Binghamton, New York. Conrail would not permit Susquehanna crew changes on the Southern Tier main line, so NYS... (more)

he Reading and Northern 425 steam engine returning to Jim Thorpe with the 3pm LGSR excursion pauses for the conductor to throw the switch at River for the approaching NRFF. Across the Lehigh Rive... (more)

Flying white flags Maryland Midland’s Union Bridge – Highfield turn rounds the horseshoe curve at Sabillasville, Maryland. The train has picked up quite a few interchange cars in Highfield.

A Maryland Midland waits on his SD24 while his conductor exchanges waybills with the operator at the Western Maryland office in Highfield, Maryland.

An RBMN coal train for Jeddo heads through downtown Hazleton on NS rails.

WHJE pulls east with 32 cars bound for Jeddo.

NRFF heads through the Lehigh Gorge on their way north.

The NB NRFF at East Mahanoy Jct with the special painted Fast Freight 5019 leading the way

Snow is in the air as Delaware & Hudson train OILC (Oak Island, New Jersey – Lacolle, Quebec) approaches the former Lehigh Valley main line in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Behind the locomotives is ... (more)

On the last day of April, 1977, Delaware & Hudson’s bicentennial RS3m leads a long train east at Lehighton, Pennsylvania. At this point, the former Lehigh Valley yard site is still in pretty cle... (more)

Notch It Up. On August 19, 2019, the Western New York and Pennsylvania's OL-3 (WNYP 431 leading, ex-ME 17, exx-CR 2053, née-NYC 2053 Alco C430, 11/1967) made an afternoon trip to Farmers ... (more)

Reading & Northern empty coal train WHJE passes the Stockton Mine east of Hazleton, PA. They're traversing the NS Hazleton Running Track as symbol KH09 to gain access back to home rails a bit furt... (more)

NRFF passes through Solomon's Gap as they head downgrade towards Pittston.