The Pine Dawn was originally a Santa Fe car, later going to Amtrak. I found it in a very small upstate NY village tucked away from where anyone would think to find it. The name escapes me now.

30T heads south with 8103 leading

Back in 1983, Mr. John M. Gould purchased a couple of my limited edition lithograph prints of my railroad paintings. This started up a friendship in which we traded slides and photographs for yea... (more)

Back in 1983, Mr. John M. Gould purchased a couple of my limited edition lithograph prints of my railroad paintings. This started up a friendship in which we traded slides and photographs for yea... (more)

This is a picture my father took in the early 1960s on the Erie Lackawanna. This train is led by FT(A) 7011 - FT(B) 7012 - F7(B) ? - F3(A) 7141. I don't have much information on this, but I'm gu... (more)

On an autumn morning in Hudson valley, a southbound autorack CSX train is snaking along the Hudson River west shore, through CP43 at Fort Montgomery NY.

The Autumn Express raced Amtrak Empire Service train 254 up the Hudson River on opposite shores this past fall (photo taken aboard the Autumn Express).

GP40-2 6232 leads SD40-2M 8419 and SD40-2 8072 down the west shore of the Hudson River.

Here's a 1991 photo of one of the Rohr RTL Turboliners that was recently pulled out of storage by Amtrak for training purposes. No. 162 is now in a version of the Phase V paint scheme, and has be... (more)

Severe flooding in upstate NY led to the rerouting of the Amtrak Scranton Special over the NYS&W line from Syracuse to Binghamton, NY - the first time in history Amtrak plied these rails.

A photograph I know little about showing a trio of 2-8-2s. A pair of NYC engines, with H5 No 1555 nearest, looking like they are about to push a coal train whilst partly hidden is Louisville & Nas... (more)

The 1502, still in full Metro North colors is leading our train from between Utica and Thendara (and back). I can't remember why we stopped anymore (it wasn't for a photo op, honest!), but it mad... (more)

Normally this service has a pair of wide nose GE's so it was very surprising to see a brace of EMD's on this beautiful Sunday morning.

Nickel Plate Berkshire 759 gets a chance at some fast running on the first day of a New York-Buffalo two day round trip.

This is a Class-K 4-6-2 "Pacific" The classes ranged from K-1 to K-5-B but I do not know which version this is nor the builder. Photographer is unknown, this was given to me from an old friend ... (more)