Quick! Can you name all the wooden catenary pole, single track electric railroads in the USA? Well, please let me know if there is more than one because I can't think of any besides NJ Transit's G... (more)

Millington Trestle is the infrastructure highlight of NJ Transit's Gladstone Ranch. The last time I railfaned this line, the original DL&W MU's were on their last legs. Thirty years later the repl... (more)

Here you see some snow, Grand Central Terminal, the Chrysler building and an eagle statue that is older than either of the buildings. The eagle was some of the garnishment of the previous Grand Ce... (more)

The 34.5 km (21.4 miles) double track Yamanote Line in Tokyo follows a circular route around the city with 29 stations. This train is arriving on Track 2 at Hamamatsucho station and is running cou... (more)

South Shore on the snow covered streets of Michigan City.

LIRR's No. 423 is tip-toeing at walking speed out of the gritty Long Island City, Queens, New York Passenger Yard on it's way to pick up it's load of commuters at the railroads Hunterspoint Avenue... (more)

LIRR's No. 423 is at walking speed out of the Long Island City, Queens, New York Passenger Yard on it's way to pick up it's load of commuters at the railroads Hunterspoint Avenue station about 200... (more)

Fallen leaves can pose a serious traction and braking problem on the railroad, particularly when wet. In order to combat this issue, the LIRR, like many other railroads, applies sandite to the ra... (more)

Metro-North's "New Haven" P32AC-DM #230 eases to a stop at Manitou ,NY, with the 8:49am scheduled train number 8807. If you look closely across the Hudson River you can see a southbound CSX stack... (more)

Metro-North RR Train 756 leaves the coach yard at Croton-Harmon to begin its 33-mile run down the former NYC mainline alongside Hudson River to Grand Central Terminal, New York, on Sept. 12, 2013.... (more)

Brick and Stainless Steel: The old weathered brick and the hardscrabble industrial area with twisty track could not contrast more with the stainless steel train and the a-building WTC #1 AKA "The ... (more)

Autumn on the LIRR! For reasons unknown, the trees along the railroad ROW through Pinelawn always seem to hit their peak foliage about three weeks before the rest of the trees on Long Island. He... (more)

Slowing for its stop at Cold Spring

Heading for Grand Central on a beautiful evening