Due to Cab signal problems with an SD60E, MEC 7635 was added to 22K at Deerfield and was wyed in Ayer and ended up leading 23K. This train sure had a good crowd out for it. Not something you see e... (more)

An unmistakable Maine Central caboose punctuates a train leaving Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine. The trainman is striking a pose that would probably be frowned on in today’s safety culture.

A Delaware & Hudson “puller job” drags a train south under Conrail’s Starrucca Viaduct at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. After a switchback move at Jefferson Junction, the train will enter the Sou... (more)

With the famed Starrucca Viaduct as a backdrop, a Delaware & Hudson “puller job” stands on the Penn Division main line at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. The snow on the rails indicates that the trai... (more)

During the Delaware & Hudson Belden Hill tunnel enlargement project, a puller job for the detour trains waits on the Penn Division main line at Jefferson Junction, Pennsylvania.

Anticipation: It's a very quiet night in the Deerfield River Valley of western Massachusetts. Other than crickets and the flowing waters of the river, there's not much to be heard. Then, ... (more)

As the sun drops behind the Berkshire Mountains to the west, Pan Am Railways train EDBF snakes out of the East Deerfield Yard to begin its run to Bellows Falls, Vermont. Maine Central SD40 600 (e... (more)

An interesting lashup of power leads a northbound Utica Branch NYS&W train through North Brookfield, NY.

A rare occurrence, MEC 3402, 3404 and 3405 head to tail waiting there next assignment back east to Deerfield.

Guilford's Maine Central SD40 604; nee Detroit Edison SD40 017.

Another mixed bag of Guilford power passes through Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard. Three hastily patched recent Boston & Maine acquisitions, a former ITC SD39 and two ex-Conrail GP40�... (more)

A visit to Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard usually yielded multiple views of multi-schemed motive power lash-ups that were different from any other power consists that had previously be... (more)

A Maine Central freight, led by F3(a) 684 - GP7 561 - GP7 565 - GP7 566 - F3(a) 683, climbs up the grade on the Mountain Subdivision in the late 1960's. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

A southbound train has arrived at Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard. A Maine Central U23B, a Boston & Maine GP38-2, a Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 lead four D&H Alcos as they approach the sou... (more)

Three of Maine Central’s Independence Class “baby boats” and a GP7 lead a train into Rigby Yard in Portland, Mane. The ten U18’s were named for revolutionary war patriots and concepts, and... (more)