Being a self professed Alco lover, I always dreamed of seeing a lash-up of big six-axle units in action. Being from Virginia didn't help. There were random sightings on SCL and N&W, and occasion... (more)
Lehigh & Hudson River C420s 21 and 27 head over a grade crossing in Franklin NJ in this classic Ray Wetzel image.
LV 641 and 628 (C-628's) coming through Easton, PA on an afternoon in May 1975
Westbound, Ex-New Haven C-425 and U25B, renumbered Penn Central 2458 and 2681, move from the Shoreline to the Naugatuck route via the east leg of the wye at Devon Tower. Train is enroute to Maybro... (more)
WM 151 along with the Conrail Historical Society had caboose rides to raise money for Breast Cancer during the Middletown PA Craft Faire
Lehigh & Hudson River C420s #24 and #29 at Limecrest Quarry in Lafayette, NJ with only a few months left before Conrail. The L&HR was one of the friendlier railroads around and Ray Wetzel spent a ... (more)
A chilly May day along Lake Champlain. Train was really rolling as it headed for Whitehall and a quick turnaround to head back to Rouses Point.
FJG 100 switches the Gloversville yard on the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR. Delaware Otsego had taken over the FJ&G in the mid 1970's. FJG 100 is the former D&H 4022, CACV 100, built Novemb... (more)
An eastbound Reading commuter train on LV trackage rights, meets a manifest lead by snowbirds, waiting at NK interlocking.
Early Conrail
The rear end crew off a freight that just arrived waits for their ride to the yard office as 5009 and crew work the end of the yard.
The LHR 24, as exposed on a roll of Kodachrome's finest, ended up on the Conrail roster and finally on A&M as #54 where it still serves today. In this scene she takes a breather between runs. Th... (more)
606, 608, and an RS-3 sit parked on one of the dead tracks at Colonie. These units had run out of time on the D&H and were not returned to service.
LV C628 #634 in the original, as delivered, "Snowbird" paint scheme at Allentown, PA in the summer of 1974.
