Penn Central Helpers in Canton

Penn Central helpers 2350 (a GP 35) and 4333 (an FP7A) are westbound at the east end of the yard in Canton in September 1972.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Snowy Day at JO Tower in Akron

Its snowing in Akron as a westbound Penn Central manifest freight passes JO Tower in Akron in 1975. The tower was built into the side of a building next to Market Street. Leading the train is FP7A No. 4341, which was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in May 1952. It would survive into the Conrail era.

Photograph by Richard Jacobs