The lightning stripe applied to the RF-16 gave a different appearance to the Shark nose, a very dignified look. Eighteen "A" units and eight "B" units built by Baldwin-Lim... (more)

Amtrak Empire Service train 233 with former New York Central observation car Hickory Creek.

Former NYC observation car Hickory Creek on the back of Amtrak Empire Service train 244.

NYC Alco RS-11 8008, with three FA's heading west at River Rouge, Michigan near Detroit in March 1962. The NYC RS-11's were delivered in July 1957, not in Lightning stripes, but in black with a w... (more)

NYC GP7's 5764 and 5795 leads train 406 to Chicago at Kankakee, Illinois on February 28, 1958. Rated at 1500hp each and having a heavy train it was hard for the Geeps to maintain track speed. Man... (more)

New York Central took delivery of the very first Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner built, starting in 1950-52 numbered 5006-5017. NYC 5011 at the Detroit enginehouse in August 1962. Photo from my slide coll... (more)

On an otherwise gloomy day, a spot of sun popped out over the NYC Museum in Elkhart. I was lucky enough to catch a shot of the artwork that is an E8A in weathering NYC paint. A tribute to days lon... (more)

NYC 1681 works the Dutch Lane yard.

Limited Return. On Friday, May 10, 2013, former New York Central Pullman Standard Observation/Lounge/Sleeper car "Hickory Creek" (PPCX 800733) was brought to Grand Central Termin... (more)

MS Tower oversaw a connecting track between the NYC, PRR, B&O, and EJ&E. In this 1970 scene, a Penn Central passenger train heads east past the tower. Tom Golden photo.

NYC began an ambitious program in the late 1950s to convert its multiple track mainlines to CTC. This included the Toledo-Elkhart mainline through Bryan, OH. CP 341 controlled the crossing with ... (more)

Mohawk Means Mountain. New New York Central 3001 (4-8-2, Alco, 1940) is the largest surviving steam engine of the NYC fleet. While on other railroads this wheel arrangement was referred to ... (more)

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

One of clocks at Buffalo Central Terminal, which is right least twice a day....

A Harmon, a passenger train led by E8 4083 rolls into the station. This engine is wearing the railroad's new experimental "Century Green" livery.