A pair of ex-PRR E8s still in Pennsy colors lead a Penn Central Boston-New York train through Readville, MA, on a summer afternoon. The massive two-level ex-NH station here was destroyed by fire a... (more)

Cash strapped Northwestern was eager to pick up power wherever and provided a home for many great “orphans” like the ex-MKT re-engined Baldwin. Photographer unknown.

A rare Bi- centennial Baldwin AS616 Rayonier Number 76 rest outside the companies shop an a dreary day in the Fall of 1977. Photo taken with permission

A Rare FM H20-44 # 408 rests Deep inside the tight confines of the Southwest Portland cement Plant In Victorville in the summer of 1975. Photo Taken with permission

Two months into Penn Central operation, New Haven RS3 556 leads a local freight through the NH's South Boston coach yard with Broadway Tower (once equipped with over 400 levers) in the background.

The electric locomotive here called "V8", is a very similar version of the American GE EP-4. Used in passenger and cargo train services since the 1940s to 1948, they were "retired" in around 1998.... (more)

MKT AS16M 126 at Parsons KS October 1968. Built as MKT 1571 in September 1950 and rebuilt by EMD in November 1958. The MKT sold these EMD/Baldwin hybrids in 1972 and power short CNW picked these u... (more)

Chicago and Northwestern AS16M 1495 at Marshfield WI November 1973. The 1495 was built as MKT 1583 in October 1951. It was rebuilt by EMD in March 1960 with an EMD 567 and renumbered MKT 138. In 1... (more)

With Boston's landmark Hancock Building in the background, an Amtrak E8/F40 team is about to depart the open air platforms at Back Bay with a corridor train for Washington. Tracks in this area are... (more)

Only two major railroads ventured heavily into the peculiar mid-cab switcher offered by Alco in the Century series: RI and SP. The long hoods were the front on Alco's C-415's. They were ordered w... (more)

Penn Central train NS-1 (New Haven/Cedar Hill to Selkirk via Springfield) climbs the Berkshire hills through Huntington, MA behind an ex-NYC U25B and an ex-NH RS-11, RS-3, and GP9.

A pair of ex-PRR E8s lead a Penn Central Providence-Boston commuter train under one of the semaphore signal bridges that guarded the approaches to Boston's South Station. These lower quadrant sema... (more)

As the morning rush hour winds down at Boston's South Station, a long Penn Central commuter train that has turned on the loop backs into a platform while a GP9 stands by. Ex-PRR E8s and ex-NH GP9... (more)

Penn Central train PL-1 between Providence, RI, and Lowell, MA, via Mansfield and Framingham rolls north through Medfield, MA, behind an RS11/GP30/RS3 lashup. The two Alcos are ex-NH units and the... (more)