Having just cut away from a cut of loaded auto carriers, a Wilsmere Yard switcher reverses to clear the next switch (assuming the short hood is the rear - probably shouldn't assume that though).

I shot this at Wilsmere Yard near Wilmington DE on July 8, 1978. A Baltimore & Ohio SW1, circa 1940, and a former Chesapeake & Ohio NW2, about nine years newer, sit next to a boxcar with a roof ha... (more)

With only a handful of YN2 EMDs left on CSX, former Penn a Central GP38-2 no. 2756 makes for a welcome sight on the head end of local train D775.

“No Juice”
AMTK 4932 (ex-PC 4909, née-PRR 4909, built 12/1941, B/N 4378) was retired by Amtrak in 1983/84. It is seen here on the Octoraro Railway (near Elsmere Jct., DE) on ... (more)

Q371 heads West of Landenburg Junction to make a set off of over 80 cars in the Wilsmere yard.

D775 Heads Wests out of Landenburg Junction to serve customers along the Philadelphia Subdivision.

The East Penn crew is switching their train out at the CSX Yard near Wilmington

Q389 powers west towards Landenberg Junction with a pair of SD70ACs.

A small hopper car in the middle of a CSX Q370 still holds it true colors. Sometime soon, Chessie Cat will fall victim to the Boxcar.

CSX Q410 leaves Wilsmere after picking up a high and wide.

GMTX 2179 leads a power move through Elsmere on a rainy day to grab a train of ethenol cars.

A westbound GP30 trio in the "sunburst" scheme makes setouts and pickups in Wilsmere Yard. Note the cut of stock cars behind the power- remember stock cars? Kodachrome original, Argus C-3.

After so many years of serving the Landenberg Branch, former B&O SW1, #8408 is finally heading out for a rebuild by McHugh Locomotive & Crane in Fairless Hills, PA. Here, we see her departure from... (more)

2206 and 1802 drift downgrade at Faukland Road approaching Wilsmere yard to drop off their freight, and pick up another to head back north.

AC44 291 pulls CSX freight Q370 out of Wilsmere Yard at Elsmere Junction.