Holiday Lights Express. The authentically painted Baltimore and Ohio Railroad SW1 8408 (EMC, 1940) is a key member of the roster at the Wilmington & Western Railroad. On Friday, December 16... (more)

Amtrak's southbound "Crescent," train 19(11) rolls south through DAVIS interlocking, Newark, DE, on a late afternoon Veterans Day, 2024

Maryland & Delaware 1203 arrives at the Seaford interchange where 8 loaded boxcars will be picked up for delivery to Dart Container in Federalsburg. Not long after this visit it was announced tha... (more)

There are a lot of interesting locomotives at Amtrak's Wilmington Maintenance Facility: Stored HHP-8s (as well as a single GE 80-ton and a rebuilt SW9 [now called an SW1000]), brand-new ALC-42 di... (more)

A late-running Amtrak Acela train 2247(30) with trainset 8 works southward on a hot, humid June day.

Maryland & Delaware 1203 heads back to Federalsburg with four cars from the Delmarva Central interchange in Seaford, DE.

A Crummy Shot. It was an ordinary sight 17 years ago today, June 26, 2007, when Norfolk Southern H37 found an opening in between SEPTA regional trains to return to Chrysler Yard in Newark, ... (more)

With Just A little Paint. AMTK 909 (AEM-7, EMD/ASEA, 10/1980) was not one of the "toasters" selected for upgrade to AC electronics, but was repainted, and looks fairly respectable... (more)

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)

One of the earlier AEM-7DCs is first to be scrapped. It was dismantled into three chunks, which were hauled offsite by trailer to be further reduced. Amtrak ended up creating an official eBay acco... (more)

A trio of new Chargers at the Wilmington Shops.

An Acela I passes a brand new Charger undergoing testing.

The Delaware Valley Railway operated the former Octoraro Railroad, which included this one-time Reading Railroad branch in northern Delaware. Delaware Valley's short life was from 1994 to 1999. I ... (more)

An extra crew pulls to a stop in front of the station/yard office at Harrington after bringing a train into town off the Indian River Sub.