A Conrail empty UOR (Orange & Rockland) coal train heads West thru Belt Line Jct.

After setting off a string of empty hoppers, the engineer eases yellow nose 394 (with some funky number boards) from the siding and onto the main at MP 7 of the S&C branchline as the conductor wai... (more)

Happened to stumble upon "The East Broad Top Goes to War" celebration, ironically on my way to Gettysburg, Pa this past weekend. Passenger were just arriving to board the train as we had... (more)

Fireman Mark Lomison shovels coal into CNJ 113's firebox to keep pressure up on a cool May night.

CNJ 113 opens its cylinder cocks as it slowly moves alongside the Minersville station at night.

Semi retired after starting as a Seaboard Air Line GP7 over 70 years ago, this unit has to work maybe three days a week, and appears well taken care of. Other than the frame, I wonder how much of... (more)

Coupled to some beautiful old equipment including a beautifully restored PRR X29 boxcar this unit started its days as CRR 911. Many years and many owners later it labors for this Altoona-area sho... (more)

Lehigh Valley Coal Company 123 steams alongside one of the buildings at the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train at night.

Reading 2102 accelerates across the Port Clinton Turntable as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.

The position light is vertical for the 6482 in this meet at Mapleton on the old PRR Middle Division in 1993.

Crew members Chuck Trusdell, Ryan Bausher, and Shane Frederickson inspect Reading 2102's running gear before it departs Port Clinton for a test run.

Observation Platform. A visit to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania on June 29, 2016 found former Nickel Plate Road 759 (S-2 Berkshire, 2-8-4, Lima, 1944) flanked on... (more)

Having tied on to the caboose in Altoona, a helper set of EMD (ex-EL) SD45 6085 & SD40-2 6369 are in run 8 as they keep a Westbound manifest freight moving up and over the summit of the Alleghenie... (more)

Reading 2102's air compressors warm up prior to its first run of 2024.

Philly Skyline Sunset. Evening was descending upon the Market-Frankford Line (L1) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 14, 2024 when SEPTA M-4 1172 (AdTranz, 1997-1999) approached... (more)