Cover Coming. On February 21, 2025, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced that the bid process is open for the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s "Roundhouse Proje... (more)

E is for elegance. These units graced the front of famous passenger trains once upon a time. A lot of thought went into the design of beautiful streamlining unlike today's utilitarian models. Her... (more)

The Broadway Limited running eastbound through Englewood with an E8 and E7 for power.

A pair of Baldwin Centercabs are getting into position to shove cars over the hump yard in Pitcairn Yard at Wall, Pennsylvania in the early morning fog.

A pair of Baldwin Sharks are acting as helpers on an ore train originating out of Whiskey Island yard on Lake Erie. PRR had trackage rights on the NYC here to reach PRR trackage in East Cleveland.

The PRR 4935 has just been placed inside the museum yard by the Strasburg Rail Road, allowing us to compare it to the prototype GG-1 No. 4800, which was cosmetically restored a few months before t... (more)

A Baldwin Centercab transfers coal hoppers in the Philadelphia are. PRR received the entire production of RT624's except for one unit that went to Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern. Only 24 RT6... (more)

A temporary K4s/M1b doubleheader with L1s #520 in the background. The L1's tender is next to go into the restoration shop, where I saw Amish craftsmen working on the B6sb 0-6-0 No. 1670.

Juniata Terminal's former Pennsylvania Railroad N5C cabin car 477863 on the rear of CSX M433.

SMS Rail Lines and the Woodstown Central Railroad hosted a photo charter weekend in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Railfan & Railroad Magazine. The Sunday activities consisted of a tour o... (more)

Rolling out of Union Station bald PRR 4248 with 4268 leading train 22 The Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on July 20, 1967. Photographer Al Holtz, from my collection.

Brunswick Green. Raindrops bead on the nose of Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 no. 4877, which looks resplendent in its 5-stripe Brunswick Green paint scheme.

Nelly Bly. On the Pennsylvania Railroad side, the"Nelly Bly" originated in New York Penn Station and joined the PRSL in Haddonfield, New Jersey, today served by PATCO while NJ Tra... (more)

2014 Night At The Museum. Once a year the United Railroad Historical Society of NJ opens its Boonton, New Jersey facility to the public for an event called "Museum For A Day". On ... (more)

K4s 1361 and her tender sit in the roundhouse of the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. The locomotive is in the process of restoration to operating condition and the tender appears to be just... (more)