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National Railway Historical Society

Established in 1936

 

Railfan Pictures of the Week - Railroad related photographs from the Philadelphia area

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Aug 26 2008   Airmail Delivery: SEPTA Silverliner V mockup flies Liberty Yard August 22 2008
Aug 24 2008   Awaiting Delivery: Setup for SEPTA Silverliner V mockup Liberty Yard August 22 2008
Aug 22 2008   Early Morning Delivery: SEPTA Silverliner V mockup arrives at Liberty Yard August 22 2008
Aug 20 2008   Initial Delivery: SEPTA Silverliner V mockup arrives in Philadelphia PA August 20 2008
Aug 17 2008   Special Delivery: CSX B738 brings tank cars headed for storage Souderton PA August 11 2008
Aug 13 2008   CSX replaces kidney-buster crossing at Bellevue Avenue Part Two Langhorne PA July 22 2008
Aug 10 2008   CSX replaces kidney-buster crossing at Bellevue Avenue Part One Langhorne PA July 22 2008
Aug 05 2008   Going Green: SEPTA and CSX at peace with mother nature Lansdale PA August 1 2008
Aug 03 2008   Domino effect: pantograph problem causes problems with trains Lansdale PA August 1 2008
Jul 31 2008   On the way out ... just not quite yet: Silverliner II's and III's still in service July 28 2008
Jul 27 2008   On the move: Silverliner V mockup heading to Philadelphia June and July 2008
Jul 23 2008   The occasional tourists: the surprising journey of CSX B738 Part Two July 15 2008
Jul 20 2008   The occasional tourists: the surprising journey of CSX B738 Part One July 15 2008
Jul 13 2008   One way to save money on fuel: CSX B738 refueling run to RG July 10 2008
Jul 06 2008   More interior and exterior of SEPTA Silverliner V mockup in South Korea June 2008
Jul 01 2008   Interior of SEPTA Silverliner V mockup in South Korea June 2008
Jun 29 2008   SEPTA Silverliner V mockup in South Korea June 2008
Jun 22 2008   Cranemaster prototype crane brought in for Stony Creek Branch derailment June 13 2008
Jun 15 2008   Another derailment on the Stony Creek Branch June 11 2008
Jun 08 2008   PennSTAR medevac makes emergency pickup near Lansdale Yard Lansdale PA May 21 2008
Jun 06 2008   A piece of the Market-Frankford El passes through North Wales PA June 4 2008
Jun 01 2008   James E. Strates Carnival Train passengers cars get a new coat of paint May 30 2008
May 28 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 27 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 26 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 25 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 24 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 23 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 22 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 21 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 20 2008   Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit one car at a time May 19 2008
May 18 2008   Personal Train Day: A day out on the NS Reading Line in Macungie PA May 17 2008
May 15 2008   National Train Day: CSX Big Iron in the backwaters Lansdale PA May 10 2008
May 13 2008   National Train Day: CSX and SEPTA at the former Cheltenham Junction Phila PA May 10 2008
May 12 2008   National Train Day: Reading and Northern 425 stretches its legs Port Clinton PA May 10 2008
May 11 2008   SEPTA Capital Improvements: High level platforms for North Wales PA May 11 2008
May 04 2008   Update: New track for old trolley line SEPTA Route 23 Philadelphia PA May 4 2008
May 01 2008   New track for old trolley line SEPTA Route 23 in Mount Airy Philadelphia PA April 13 2008
Apr 27 2008   New track for new customer Morrisville Connecting Track Conshohocken PA April 11 2008
Apr 20 2008   Barack Obama's PA On Track Whistlestop Tour Merion and Wynnewood PA April 19 2008
Apr 13 2008   CSX B738 makes rare daylight run on Warminster branch Willow Grove PA April 9 2008
Apr 06 2008   CSX/SEPTA West Trenton Line foliage clearing project Lower Makefield PA April 2 2008
Mar 30 2008   One of the reasons for the Dale Interlocking Project "in action" Lansdale PA March 27 2008
Mar 27 2008   CSX B738 makes rare daylight run on Doylestown branch Lansdale PA March 26 2008
Mar 23 2008   R.I.P. Route 23?: SEPTA now says trolleys only work with a dedicated right of way March 2008
Mar 16 2008   Conrail SAA locals FJ10 and FJ4 on Amtrak NEC Bensalem/Philadelphia PA March 10 2008
Mar 09 2008   A week in the life: Daylight shots of nighttime locals out of Lansdale PA March 5 and 6 2008
Mar 02 2008   Former Reading, Pennsylvania and Penn Central equipment on Amtrak NEC February 27 2008
Feb 24 2008   Amtrak ice day on the Keystone Corridor Lancaster PA February 13 2008
Feb 17 2008   CSX and SEPTA snow day on the Trenton Line Philadelphia/Langhorne PA February 12 2008
Feb 10 2008   The Spaghetti Express: CSX B738 on rare daylight run on SEPTA Main Line January 30 2008
Feb 03 2008   Double-headed AEM-7's on the NEC including NJ CoC Charter train January 31 2008
Jan 27 2008   SEPTA Wire train stringing the wire on SEPTA Main North Wales PA January 24 2008
Jan 24 2008   Going home: SEPTA returns leased WCRR 1803 to West Chester Railroad December 12 2007
Jan 20 2008   The "standard" SEPTA Silverliner IV cab decals Lansdale PA January 19 and 20 2008
Jan 13 2008   SEPTA Wire train starts work on SEPTA Main Lansdale and North Wales PA January 10 2008
Jan 06 2008   Ex-Conrail units on the CSX Bethlehem Branch December 2 2007
     
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