Two years after SEPTA discontinued passenger service to Reading, two passenger trains met at Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Chapter NRHS sponsored a Phila... (more)
CB&Q F3A 122-A with an F3 B-unit and a pair of F7's, combine to create a four-unit, 6000-hp locomotive consist. This train represents Burlington's fast freight service as it crosses the High Pl... (more)
Other than continuing to operate subsidiary Lehigh & New England Railway, the Jersey Central ceased operations in Pennsylvania on 1972, and competitor Lehigh Valley took over operations of all rem... (more)
Northern Pacific Extra 7005A-West, with four F9's between Livingston and Muir a distance of 12 miles, require helpers in this area. Extra 7005A has the assistance of a pair of GP9s 272 and 300 on... (more)
Wabash E8 #1006 slowly accelerates out of Chicago's Dearborn Station with train 121 the Blue Bird for its run to St. Louis in November 1959. Photo by Al Holtz, from my slide collection.