K4s 3807 sits in a rare bit of sun that day at South Amboy. The locomotive appears to have a stuck bell. This was about one year before the end of all Pennsylvania steam.
This H9s 2-8-0 was encountered switching a local freight at Carlisle, Pa. as my father drove us down to Roanoke, Va..
K4s 830 leaves South Amboy with North Jersey Coast train 723 for Bay Head Jct..
The view from the rear of K4s 830 shows how tall those 80 inch driving wheels are.
K4s 830 waits for a train from New York in the afternoon. The caboose of a Jersey Central sand train running on the joint railroad is seen at the left.
There were seven K4s locomotives in steam that day at South Amboy.
Weary-looking K4s 5406 steams quietly in the yard at Bay Head. It was the only steam locomotive at Bay Head this day as diesels headed most trains during the week.
K4s 3858 blasts out of South Amboy with a train for Bay Head Jct..
Conductor and engineer confer before GG1 4857 leaves with a train for New York that arrived behind a K4s.
K4s 3750 waits for a North Jersey Coast train from New York. This is one of two K4s locomotives saved and is in the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum at Strasburg.
PRR GG-1 4934 is heading for New York City. This train caught me by surprise.
PRR GG-1 4906 exits the tunnel from New York City at track speed.
At Track Speed, maybe 90 mph.
At this point she still escaped PC black paint. She's looking good.
These were unrepainted Penn Central electrics at the time.