An Amtrak Empire Service train arrives the station at Rome, NY as another railfan takes a photo

The CSX I00722 intermodal (North Bergen, NJ to Rose Lake, IL) crosses the Mohawk River on a hot, but breezy, Saturday afternoon.

The Amtrak Station in Rome, NY

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After gathering the rest of their train, having to wait for track work and a WB intermodal, the MA&N highballs on the high iron. These GVT ALCOs are no slouches, an... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Not having much work this day, the MA&N crew makes a quick trip to downtown Rome to collect 3 empty flat cars from American Alloy Steel.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Having gathered up a bunch of outbound empty cars, the MA&N crew pulls ahead to clear the crossing, and will preform an air test before heading to downtown Rome. MH... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After finishing their work at Sovena, just a quick pull/spot, the crew heads back West to gather up a few more empties before heading to downtown Rome.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: At the end of the Air Force base trackage, the MA&N crew goes about switching Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. These heavy loads may very well be tanks of you... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: While heading to Sovena USA, the MA&N plies the weeds at Otis St. uncharacteristic of most of the well manicured track in the old Air Force base, turned industrial ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After running lite engine from Utica, the daily MA&N job grabs a handful of tanks for Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. In charge today is one of GVT's snazzy ... (more)

The Conrail Rome local getting ready to pick up the NYSW 3006 to take it back to Utica. Photo taken from the ( somewhat shaky ) roof of Rome Locomotive Works. The N&W caboose on the right belonged... (more)

D&H 454 awaits repair work for the D&H trustee in late 1991. The Rome Locomotive Works switching engine 4088 can also be seen, coupled to the O. Winston Link caboose.

2456 leads a short cut of loaded olive oil tank cars west through the Griffiss Business Park on a beautiful April day. This used to be the Griffiss Air Force Base and still is home to some USAF op... (more)

Mohawk Adirondack & Northern (MHWA) M420 No. 2042 heads eastbound through the City of Rome with a single steel coil car in tow after switching out Worthington Industries in the Downtown area. Seen... (more)

Empty autoracks head West (Ridgefield NJ - Detroit MI) on a gorgeous cool spring day in Central Upstate New York. Taken from Hoag Rd where the bridge was removed over the tracks years ago.