4116 returns from the interchange with 6 loads as they cross NYS64

4116 brings 8 empties for the interchange with Pan Am

Amtrak RS-3 136, a former NYC/PC unit, heads up a short work train at Hartford, CT, with the city skyline in the background.

Working as a South Station switcher, Amtrak RS-3 137 pulls the recently arrived consist of the Lake Shore Limited across the Fort Point Channel bridge on its way to Southampton Street coach yard i... (more)

Passing through what was at the time the last covered railroad bridge to remain in use in the U.S., RS-3 7805 is at the head of the 10.00 Morrisville - East Hardwick and return seasonal excursion.

What’s your question? Possibly the most popular question in northeast railroading - ‘Will the Battenkill run today?’ Sometimes you’re in the area and you feel lucky to hear the sound of th... (more)

Lehigh Valley RS3 211 rolls east past the former Jersey Central “JU” interlocking in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Conrail’s fourth day of existence. Judging by its train of 25 mill gondolas, t... (more)

Olgebay-Norton Alco’s stand in the rain at the company’s Ashland, Kentucky yard. RS3 512 began life as Reading 495, and is now part of the Vintage Locomotives, Inc. collection in Oak Ridge, Te... (more)

A stretch of subzero weather in January 1984 left Amtrak's trouble-prone SPV-2000 railcars unable to propel themselves, so diesels including veteran RS-3s were drafted to keep things moving. Amtra... (more)

The changes to the Lehigh Valley were swift after C-Day, April 1st, 1976, especially when it came to Alcos. The C420s were immediately sent to the D&H, and the C628s were reassigned to Mingo Junc... (more)

Local SC-13 runs around its short train after having arrived from Whitehall. The empty D&H two-bay hoppers will be used to bring iron ore down the hill from Republic Steel's Mill No. 7 sintering ... (more)

Boston & Maine RS-3 1516 in classic maroon and yellow rests beneath the sand tower at the railroad's Westboro engine terminal in West Lebanon, NH, across the river from White River Jct., VT. It ha... (more)

By the time Penn Central took over the New Haven RR in January 1969, much of the NH's motive power had acquired a weary look. Four months later, NH RS-3 530 and an Alco switcher passed the weekend... (more)

Engineer smoking it up for the photo line. 2003 Naugatuck Railroad Railfan Day.

For over thirty years, before the Reading & Northern came to town, George Hart’s Rail Tours, Inc. provided excursions out of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Here passengers prepare to board a train pu... (more)