There Was A Barge There. On February 25, 2015 CSXT 7549 (C40-8, 9/1989) leads CSX train Q156 through Fort Montgomery, New York on the shores of an icy Hudson River. In the mid-ground of the... (more)

Penn Central Day. February 1, 1968 is a notable day in railroad history, as the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads merged to form the “Pennsylvania New York Central Transportatio... (more)

Top Design. It was not an April Fools' joke but very real on February 1, 2007, when the platforms at Grand Central on the MTA NYCT Subway 42nd Street Shuttle were given an upgrade by the re... (more)

B&O Unlocked. The B&O Railroad Museum is running a year long program in 2024 to allow visitors to go inside of a different piece of equipment each month on select days. In January it was fo... (more)

New Haven In Cannondale. The same year that this station was completed in 1892, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad took over the Housatonic Railroad, which in turn controlled the... (more)

LIRR Goes To The Movies. On January 31, 2013, morning commuters noticed a change to the MTA Long Island Rail Road Bayside Station in Bayside, Queens, New York. Signs informing passengers of... (more)

World's Fair Leader. As part of an equipment move, MTA NYCT 9308 (R-33S) was added to the 8-car R-32 Movie Train on Monday, January 29, 2024. This car is one of 40 that were ordered as sing... (more)

Full Mooned At EMD. At blue hour on January 28, 2021, EMDX 70 (SD70ACe) sits at the Progress Rail/EMD LaGrange facility in McCook, Illinois as the moon rises in the background. This locomot... (more)

Stand Behind The Fence. On January 22, 2024, Amtrak ALSTOM Acela 2 Train Set 8 (AMTK 2146-2118) operated as train 844-22 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts. This was a... (more)

A Weathered Engine. On Friday, January 26, 2024, NJ TRANSIT Train 6238 was led by "the model engine", NJTR ALP45-DP 4503 (Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. 100th Anniversary). Af... (more)

Erie On Erie. NJ Transit 4210 (GP40PH-2B, Erie Railroad Heritage) was unveiled as part of the 2023 Family Day Events at the Meadows Maintenance Complex, and has been out making the rounds o... (more)

Heat Waves At Hall. NJ Transit Train 75 is about to take the curve at HALL near the Campbell Hall, New York Station on January 23, 2021 with NJTR GP40PH-2 4109 (née CNJ 3677, GP40-P, EMD, ... (more)

You Can See The Red Coming. Amtrak Train 172 is seen crossing the Bronx River Bascules in Starlight Park in the Bronx, New York during the snowfall on January 19, 2024 with AMTK 642 (Salute... (more)

Frozen Orange Creamsicle. After arriving as the DPU showed up on a run through BNSF-CSX oil train, on the prior day, Norfolk Southern 8105 (Interstate) was ready to depart with the weeks sn... (more)

Sunday Steam. On Sunday June 10, 2012, the Railroad Museum of New England hosted visiting 0-4-0ST Flagg Coal 75 (née-Flagg Coal Company 2, Vulcan Iron Works, 1930). At the restored former ... (more)