We just caught our error [below].  We said $14.2 MILLION.  The Federal government spends that in a millisecond just PAYING THE INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL DEBT. The U.S. NATIONAL DEBT currently stands at $14.2 TRILLION. That’s how IRRESPONSIBLE the Congress of the United States has been WITH OUR MONEY! Our next chance to fix that [...]

It’s been back and forth through our area, but because our Amtrak service runs primarily overnight, many local railfans have yet to see the repainted Amtrak ‘Heritage’ unit, #145.     ROBERT A. SHOOK caught it in JEANNETTE, PA on May 29th.   With gas prices hovering near $4./gallon and no significant effort being made [...]

In honor of the service and sacrifice of the American Military and their Families, we offer this photo by ROBERT A. SHOOK taken at WILMERDING, PA of an NS 62A on May 26, 2011.     The CONRAIL leader, while not too popular with engine crews, brings back happy memories for railfans and modelers alike. [...]

As we’ve stated before, many of our guests are not only railfans, but also model railroaders. So we give you our latest photo from JIM SIX. Look carefully. Is this a REAL SCENE? Or a MODEL SCENE? It does require some study to make that determination, does it not? Here’s what JIM SIX wrote to accompany [...]