Thanks to the heads up of a fellow railfan, the EDMO finally makes a long awaited appearance as it rolls west over the Hoosic River. This all EMD lashup features three of the HLCX lease units tha... (more)

Pan Am Southern, LLC. train 206 rolls east on the "Patriot Corridor" as it crosses the frozen Hoosic River in Schaghticoke, NY. This train comes off of the NS Southern Tier in Binghamton, NY wher... (more)

Another load of Bakken Crude Oil awaits a crew in the Pan Am Railways yard at 09:01 hours. This train arrived at the yard on the previous day as the CSX K002-23 and will continue on east via PAS ... (more)

Frigid temperatures have had a strong grip on the northeast for the past two days. However, this was one of the first days the sun had been out in full force in awhile and I couldn't resist the u... (more)

On my way to work this morning, I checked the siding in Fonda, NY (as usual) to see if anything interesting was there. At 06:00 hours, I could just make out the standard cab shape of this engine.... (more)

After meeting with a friend from Syracuse on the previous day to catch some trains on the Susie-Q pickings were slim. We did however, find a great deal of action on the D&H. On Sunday, I decided... (more)

The crew of the Q364 hold their train on the siding in Fonda while waiting to proceed east. They will soon be on the move again to no where fast as there is no room for them in Selkirk.

With a wave from the engineer the CSX Q380 makes it's run for Selkirk, NY. It was anticipated that today would be slow trackside and the weather early on was not very promising either. While pas... (more)

The Q364 is finally on the move again as it slowly rounds the curve by the Amsterdam Station. They are in no rush as there still is no room for the train in Selkirk.

The first significant snowfall of the season to hit upstate New York winds down as BNSF Railway's engine 4708 leads an empty crude oil train west creating a snowstorm of it's own.

BNSF engine 7574 sits at the Selkirk yard awaiting it's next assignment. Area railfan's have begun to notice an increase in "foreign power" as of late.

Empire Service train 286 charges east during one of the first snow squalls of the season. Winter is off to a very slow start this year.

Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Phase I engine 156 wastes no time as it rolls east through Fonda, NY. It's next stop will be in Schenectady, NY.

Area railfans have been quite plesed lately with a rather recent increase in "foreign power" on the CSX Chicago Line. Today, BNSF 6231 leads another load of Bakken Crude bound for Buckeye Terminal... (more)

The 2012 D&H Toys for Tots Train rolls north along the bank of Seward Lake. On a tough day for railfanning, the arrival of this train certainly brightens the mood as it makes it's way to Cobleski... (more)