Black River & Western T6 56 is handling passenger duties on this 1984 weekend. The 1958 Alco began life on the PRR, and was working on the Georges Creek Railway as of 2015.

In 1984, the Black River & Western had 2-8-0 60 apart for an overhaul, so passenger duties were split between diesel-hauled trains and ex-PRR gas-electric 4666. The Brill doodlebug, seen here at t... (more)

After dropping their train on the main, four Monongahela Super Sevens continue northward to the yard throat at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. There they will reverse and thread their way back thr... (more)

The Monongahela Railway has just dropped a loaded coal train at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. As the power pulls away from the train, waiting Conrail power can be seen waiting to take trains nor... (more)

Another loaded coal train has been delivered by the Monongahela Railway to the Conrail interchange at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. The four Super Sevens are about to drop their train at the nor... (more)

Two Louisville & Nashville 3000-horsepower GE’s haul a coal train at Frankfort, Kentucky. I can’t identify the exact location using Google Maps, any additional information is requested.

A Louisville & Nashville SD40/SD40-2 duo, both in Family Lines paint idle at Loyall, Kentucky.

Two Louisville & Nashville C420’s are at the end of a power lineup waiting to go to work at Loyall, Kentucky.

The dismal fourth day of Conrail finds a business-as-usual scene at Bethlehem. It’s not that way everywhere, as the Lehigh Valley road power is gone, and there’s a big presence of the despised Pen... (more)

While Loyall, Kentucky was best known for its concentration of Louisville & Nashville Alco’s, there was also a good deal of GE and EMD power to be found there. Here a U23B/U25B pair works its way ... (more)

Eighteen of the Lehigh Valley’s SW8’s were equipped with dynamic brakes. Here one of them has been set off in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Part of the Lehigh Valley roundhouse can be seen in the dista... (more)

Still in its as-delivered 1950 paint scheme, Lehigh Valley SW8 254 works near R Tower in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Bug Slug

Countless Alco switchers were rebuilt with Caterpillar or Cummins engines, and sold to small mine operations throughout Appalachia. Most had their cabs removed or sealed s... (more)

Green Bay & Western C424 321 crosses South Biron Drive as it switches the paper mill at Biron, Wisconsin.

Working amidst piles of pulpwood, Green Bay & Western C424 321 switches the paper mill at Biron, Wisconsin. The Alco began life as Erie Lackawanna 2415, and ended up at the Livonia, Avon & Lakevil... (more)