Checking in with East Side Access, we see the state of progress at the north end of the west cavern. Long Island Railroad trains will run on the 8 tracks here, with each cavern containing 4 track... (more)

Workers from MTA Capital Construction transverse the tunnels being constructed under Grand Central Terminal for East Side Access - connecting the Long Island Railroad to the east side of Manhattan... (more)

West Side Yard

A view looking east from the LIRR's West Side Yard. The erected cranes are supporting ongoing work in developing new real estate near New York Penn Station. In t... (more)

On the first Saturday of 2016, LIRR M7 EMU's fill the Hudson yards at West 34th Street, waiting for Monday morning's commuter rush.

The platform attendant (perhaps not the correct title!) shields his eyes from the bright morning sun, as he waits for connecting passengers from the No.7 subway line to board the waiting LIRR trai... (more)

A LIRR train running from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma pulls into Woodside station in Queens, to come to a stop alongside the temporary boarding ramps from Platform A.

Westbound on the Oyster Bay Branch.

The buildings of Manhattan's Upper East Side rise in the background, as a LIRR train running from Penn Station to Port Washington approaches its station stop at Woodside in Queens.

"Waiting for the Circus" LIRR MP15AC 161 sits between Long Island City and Hunters Point Ave Station awaiting the flatcar portion of the Ringling Brother's Circus Train.

A Long Island train of MU cars heads past Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City, New York, NY, on January 28th, 2016.

I venture that most people who use this Long Island Railroad car on a daily work commute basis liken it to a jail cell rather than a limousine. In reality, what seems a prosaic piece of railroad e... (more)

J train puts on some sparking show while leaving Lorimer St. Station for Manhattan.

Despite it being the weekend before Christmas, the off-season Cannonball handles a fraction of the ridership as its summer counterpart. Also absent in the off-season are the drumheads that are a n... (more)

Long Island Railroad G5s 4-6-0 #39

This is the boiler of a PRR built LIRR steam engine captured on a foggy morning in December, 2015. It's located on the deadline at the Strasburg Rai... (more)