A set of helpers shoves on the rear of an eastbound NS intermodal train, about to enter Allegheny Tunnel in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.

OPEN VIEW: Recently rebuilt NS SD70ACU #7320 leads westbound NS Train 11J into Horseshoe Curve, approaching the park. Soon, the train will pass by in the foreground. A recent, collabo... (more)

Fresh Out of Altoona: Freshly painted and recently rebuilt NS SD70ACU #7320 leads westbound NS Train 11J up and around Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania. The SD70ACUs were rebuilt from ex-Unio... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road 2-10-0 #90 leads the 2:00 PM train past the Groff's Grove picnic area on its return trip to Strasburg.

Massachusetts Central's B&M-inspired GP38-2 #1750 leads its train south along the Burrow Brook as it departs Barre, MA for Palmer.

Rolling Through History: In the last rays of sunlight, freshly-painted MEC SD40-2 #614 leads ST Train XO-1 across State Route 67 and the Walloomsac River at Walloomsac, NY. The train is on... (more)

Fresh Paint: Having finished interchanging with Vermont Railway, recently repainted MEC SD40-2 #614 leads ST Train XO-1 out of North Bennington Yard as it begins its return trip to Mechanic... (more)

Batten Kill Alco RS-3 #605 leads its train south along the Owl Kill in White Creek, NY. The train is on its way to the Pan Am Southern interchange at Eagle Bridge.

Ghost of the B&M: Though I was born too late to experience it in its heyday, the Boston and Maine became my favorite railroad through my visits to family who lived in B&M country and my exp... (more)

In a classic New England scene, Massachusetts Central's B&M-inspired GP38-2 #1750 leads its train north past a church in Ware, MA on Good Friday.

In driving up to Mechanicville on Saturday afternoon to catch a promising RJED with a clean Pan Am leader, I was also able to catch RJED's counterpart EDRJ with this eclectic lashup. Though its pa... (more)

ST Train 28N comes alongside the Hoosic River in Schaghticoke, NY as it approaches Fisherman's Lane.

ST Train 28N winds alongside State Route 346 and the Hoosic River in North Petersburgh, NY as it heads east.

One eastbound overtakes another on CSX's Selkirk Subdivision as seen from the Old State Road overpass in Guilderland, NY.

With all the leased power roaming across Vermont Rail System today, scenes like this have mostly become a thing of the past: VTR GP40-2W #310 leads CLP GP38-2 #204 as they bring Green Mountain Tra... (more)