Carefully preserved inside the Rolling Stock Hall, a circa 1905 PRR H6sb heads up a short period freight train at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Nearing the tunnel to Penn Station on a murky summer day

I am uncertain as to the precise date and location, however this was upon a NRHS excursion from Philadelphia via Sunbury and thence down the Bald Eagle Branch to Tyrone. We toured the West Virgini... (more)

In the state of Virginia, Pennsy E-44 4416 and GG-1 4632 await their next calls in RF&P’s Potomac Yard, its hump in the background. Sharp eyes will note the kerosene lanterns hanging on the â€... (more)

The Pennsylvania Railroad had 550 Class R50b express refrigerator cars. Built with four-wheel passenger trucks, they were designed for speed, largely to transport milk to urban markets. This examp... (more)

PRR DD-1 #3936 (built 1911) and to the left - PRR 4-6-2 K4s Pacific #3750 (built 1920) - as displayed in front of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania on a brisk day in March with the season's fina... (more)

"Old Rivets", the original PRR GG1, has recently been restored to its 1935 appearance, and its three-month-old paint is gleaming. Today, sister 4935, repainted to PRR livery by Amtrak in... (more)

All three surviving G5s', yes I said three, ran on Long Island. Many know about #5741, which sits inside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania beautifully restored cosmetically. But, on August 29, 1... (more)

This 1955 excursion via the PRR Schuylkill Branch into to anthracite region makes a stop at Carbon enabling the photographer a chance to get a shot of two PRR employees sharing a moment in this ... (more)

Engine #5875 is wiped down, and the crew briefed before departure on this June '55 Philadelphia Chapter NRHS trip to Wilkes-Barre via the Schuylkill Branch and eventually (via LV's Hazelton Branch... (more)

PRR 7002 is a Pennsylvania Railroad E7s 4-4-2 Atlantic steam locomotive. It is originally 8063 and was renumbered 7002 when the original was inadvertently scrapped. In 1905, the official 7002 set ... (more)

A PRR (Penn Central) E44 waits in Greenville (Jersey City) for a clear signal to take 3 cars and a caboose (er, "cabin car"!) to Newark. Kodachrome scan.

PRR GG1 #4859 sits about a 1,000 ft from the Harrisburg Transportation Center, currently protected under a tarp while Amtrak performs renovation work on the station's catenary, signals, switches a... (more)

"YOU LIGHT UP MY NIGHT"
A westbound rounds the curve and illuminates the PRR Signal bridge at Duncannon, PA as it enters the old PRR Middle Division to Altoona and Pittsburgh... (more)