The “acid train”, CP/D&H train 700, starts its journey from Philadelphia to Baltimore at the entrance to CSX’ East Side Yard. Fortunately the drab GATX SD40-2, which was destined to become a... (more)

A pair of lease units add a splash of color to the loaded CSX Tropicana juice train as it heads out on the "High Line" in Philadelphia.

The Wilmington Chapter NRHS' Super Saturday Streetcar Special XXIV makes a photo stop on SEPTA's Route 13 on Chester Avenue in Philadelphia.

A SEPTA PCC-2 pulls into the entrance to the Callowhill Depot. The streetcar is actually being used as part of a charter -- Super Saturday Streetcar Special XXIV -- sponsored by the Wilmington Cha... (more)

Celebration!

Pennsylvania Railroad’s 30th Street Station in Philadelphia fully opened for business on December 15, 1933. On a Saturday in December, 1983 (I can’t find a record ... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 3

A Harrisburg train has arrived at 30t Street Station in Philadelphia, and the hostlers are taking the GG1 to the Race Street engine terminal. I’m not ... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 2

Soon after a GG1-pulled Harrisburg train arrived at 30th Street Station in Phil... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 1

I frequently visited my railfan cousins in central Maryland during my college years in the late 1970’s. Usually I would borrow my parents’ second ca... (more)

Southbound on Germantown at Almat. Car would be scrapped in 1983.

The Solari in 30th Street Station had a special message for a special boy arriving after fulfilling his wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. If you're interested in seeing more of his adventu... (more)

CP/D&H Train 556 waits for a recrew at CSX’ East Side Yard in Philadelphia. There was always hope of getting an MLW leading on this train, but this version had two M636’s trailing. The next da... (more)

Viewed from the Walnut Street bridge, CP/D&H combined trains 555/701depart Philadelphia. Today, the water tower has disappeared from the Locust Point building, and the National Publishing Company ... (more)

More Shades of Gray (CSX Version)

Already a grey railroad, with quite a few variants of its grey and blue paint scheme, also had legacy grey from the Seaboard System, Family Lines,... (more)

The southbound Orange Blossom Special travels within sight of the Philadelphia Art Museum after exiting the tunnel that passes under the Oval in front of the iconic art museum steps. The t... (more)

Thanks to a Virginia law, one of the hottest freight trains to travel through Philadelphia still had a caboose in 1987. The end of the southbound Orange Blossom Special rolls along the Schu... (more)