Bessemer & Lake Erie’s Western Allegheny branch local has roughly one thousand tons of coal in tow as it rolls through Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. This was a tough job to capture, as it didn’t run ... (more)

With a good load of coal bound for the main line at Queen Junction, Bessemer & Lake Erie’s Western Allegheny branch local rolls through Liggett, Pennsylvania.

Bessemer & Lake Erie’s Western Allegheny branch local has left its train on the main, and is making a reverse move on the siding at Liggett, Pennsylvania.

The Virginia Central Railway began life as the 38 mile three foot gauge Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmont Railroad, which ran between Fredericksburg and Orange, Virginia. Standard-gauged in 19... (more)

The Maryland Midland’s early roster is represented in this lineup at Union Bridge, Maryland. Shown between the Whitcomb switcher and one of the MMID’s ex-Long Island RS3’s is one of four SD24’s th... (more)

Allentown Triple X

Railfans in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area got a nice treat in July 1979, when three relatively scarce Santa Fe GP40X’s spent a few days in eastern Pennsylvani... (more)

In 1984, Andy Muller, owner of the fledgling Blue Mountain and Reading, purchased a wholesale lot (certainly upwards of 20) CF7’s from the Santa Fe, with at least one GP7u thrown in for good measu... (more)

Newly-acquired Santa Fe CF7 2419 rests by the Black River & Western engine house in Ringoes, New Jersey. The rebuilt EMD became BR&W 41, and was ultimately scrapped. To the left, ex-Great Western ... (more)

Celebration!

Pennsylvania Railroad’s 30th Street Station in Philadelphia fully opened for business on December 15, 1933. On a Saturday in December, 1983 (I can’t find a record of t... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 3

A Harrisburg train has arrived at 30t Street Station in Philadelphia, and the hostlers are taking the GG1 to the Race Street engine terminal. I’m not sure... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 2

Soon after a GG1-pulled Harrisburg train arrived at 30th Street Station in Philad... (more)

30th Street Encounter – 1

I frequently visited my railfan cousins in central Maryland during my college years in the late 1970’s. Usually I would borrow my parents’ second car and ... (more)

A westbound Conrail train with two ex-Lehigh & Hudson River C420’s accelerates into the long tangent at Treichlers, Pennsylvania. The siding to the left has a nice assortment of 40-foot box cars, ... (more)

A South Branch Valley crew moves to the next location to pick up ties along the newly-ballasted right of way. Reportedly, the “V” in the green stripe of the SBVR’s original paint scheme was in hom... (more)

A 1982 visit to the South Branch Valley found no revenue trains, but there were crews out performing maintenance of way duties. First we encountered an Railroad: South Branch Valley Railroad
Locomotive: Alco MRS-1
Location: McNeill, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: SBV 28
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 15, 1982