Special For The 4:11 PM To Raritan. On one of the few days that it visited the Raritan Valley Line this summer, NJT Train 5431 was led by CNJ tribute unit NJTR 4109 (née CNJ 3677, GP40-P,... (more)

Flatback Electric. When the Pennsylvania Railroad was seeking to replace its P5a electric freight motor fleet, they looked at a number of options. The order for 66 of the General Electric E... (more)

Midnight Blue And A Blue Sky. Amtrak 100 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Midnight Blue) is in a unique paint scheme that represents the "commitment of our employees moving people around the ... (more)

Sunset Beachball. MTA Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) 208 (Beachball/40th Ann) led train 849 through the Bronx, New York at the hour of sunset on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. This was the first ... (more)

Hamina Hamina. Because of a derailment near Bound Brook, New Jersey, CSX P901-06 unexpectedly traveled over the Conrail Shared Assets Garden State Secondary on Thursday, February 6, 2020. T... (more)

The Empire Debut Of The 46. Amtrak Train 281 was led by AMTK 46 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary) on February 5, 2021. This was the first locomotive to sport the new logo celebrating Amtrak's creat... (more)

Cube On The Cuyahoga. The Flats Industrial Railroad is a Class III railroad in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio. The line went through a long history of Class I operation with railroads, with s... (more)

Top Down On The Tow Service. MTA Metro-North Railroad/MNCW GP35R 104 (ex-CR 2350, exx-PC 2350, née-PRR 2350, GP35, EMD, 2/1965) was long hood forward as it approached the Riverdale Station... (more)

Meet Me At Manitou. Sounds from all directions made it difficult to figure out who would get there first, but a double headed Amtrak 49 (Lake Shore Limited) and 290 (Ethan Allen Express) me... (more)

A Storybook Scene. On January 19, 2024 MTA Metro-North Railroad Train 817 was led by MNCW 211 (New York Central/40th Anniversary) as it passed through Irvington, New York. The village of Ir... (more)

A Grand Birthday. On February 1, 1913, the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad opened the Beaux-Arts style Reed and Stem/Warren and Wetmore designed Grand Central Terminal to the publi... (more)

There Was A Barge There. On February 25, 2015 CSXT 7549 (C40-8, 9/1989) leads CSX train Q156 through Fort Montgomery, New York on the shores of an icy Hudson River. In the mid-ground of the... (more)

Penn Central Day. February 1, 1968 is a notable day in railroad history, as the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads merged to form the “Pennsylvania New York Central Transportatio... (more)

Top Design. It was not an April Fools' joke but very real on February 1, 2007, when the platforms at Grand Central on the MTA NYCT Subway 42nd Street Shuttle were given an upgrade by the re... (more)

B&O Unlocked. The B&O Railroad Museum is running a year long program in 2024 to allow visitors to go inside of a different piece of equipment each month on select days. In January it was fo... (more)