Freight train of TRANSAP railway with EMD rebuilt SD50 No. D-3501 leading the train, former Union Pacific EMD GP50, route Barrancas (San Antonio) - Los Lirios (near Rancagua city), loaded with sul... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande manifest passes the remains of the yard at Soldier Summit, Utah. Cattle pens and a loading ramp can be seen above the lead SD50. To the left of the pens is the wye where he... (more)

A westbound Conrail train crosses the Rockville Bridge and heads for Enola yard. Tucked in behind the power is SEPTA FP7A 4372, possibly on its way from Wayne Junction in Philadelphia to its new o... (more)

The winter of 1985 saw an unusually high amount of ice on the Susquehanna River. Here a westbound Conrail train works its way into Enola Yard as it traverses the partially-frozen waterway on the R... (more)

A 1984-built ex-Missouri Pacific SD50 trundles along Railroad Street in the PA Coal Region town of Cressona. The yard is ex-Reading, and the 5022's paint scheme helps in recalling that storied ol... (more)

A Conrail SD50 and SD40-2 bring a manifest train west along the Indiana Harbor Belt in Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

A four-pack of Conrail SD50s lead a westbound APL stack train west along the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Conrail SD50’s works a train of laded hoppers (coke from Bethlehem Steel?) west past the Allentown Yard hump leads.

CR WPAL91 is southbound in the Lehigh Valley on a beautiful fall day, shortly after departing Lehighton.

Visiting power from western railroads was still relatively uncommon in the northeast in the 1980’s. Here a Union Pacific SD40-2 has come to Allentown, in a power set with a Conrail SD50 and a Co... (more)

Eastbound trailers roll under the ex-Western Maryland's Salisbury Viaduct. The viaduct is now part of the Great Allegheny Passage walking/biking trail; walkers can be seen on the bridge.

Northbound coal loads round a curve on the ex-MGA's Manor Branch about midway between Bailey Mine and Waynesburg, Pa.

CSX 8502 proudly leads the Q634 eastbound manifest as it rockets around the Lock 14 curve getting a friendly wave from the engineer.

The helpers prepare to cut off an eastbound freight at the "Summit of Alleghenies" at Sand Patch, Pa.