A solo Penn Central GG1 handles a southbound freight at Colonia, NJ, back when electric powered freight was still the rule on the PRR end of the Northeast Corridor and these classic beasts were an... (more)
With a hum of traction motors and a whoosh of blowers, a trio of Penn Central E44 electrics march through the station at Iselin, NJ, with a southbound freight. Only one of the two gentlemen waitin... (more)
E-44's are awaiting the call to duty on the ready tracks at the Meadows Yard servicing facility. NJT's Meadowlands Maintenance Complex was built on this site.
Within a few months after Penn Central took over the New Haven Railroad on 1/1/69, PC moved some of the NH's dual power FL9s to the former New York Central Harlem Line, where they replaced ex-NYC ... (more)
Still bearing the New Haven logo on its nose, Penn Central E40 4974 rumbles out of the Park Avenue tunnel at 97th Street with a northbound passenger run. On April 8,1970, a few hints of spring hov... (more)